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Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... 3.4% rate recorded in exactly one decade. The Eurozone ended 2017 with a big bang. The latest Markit Economics manufacturing PMI survey shows that it's starting 2018 with a bigger bang. The final estimate of the IHS Markit Eurozone manufacturing PMI ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... composite PMI rising 58.1 in December 2017 - the highest since February 2011 - on the back of a surge in the manufacturing PMI to a record high 60.6 and a jump in the services PMI to a six and a half year high of 56.6. With growth indications like these ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... input costs and output charges rising at accelerated and above longrun average rates. The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI(TM) - a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and IHS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted 54 in November, up ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... services indices both slowed in September from August but remained above the 50 expansion/contraction line. The manufacturing PMI fell to 54.2 in September from 59.8 in the previous month, indicating continued expansion - the 12th straight month and ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not some - "floating" above 50. Yes Virginia, one and ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... composite PMI output index fell sharply to 46 in July - contraction level - from 52.7 in the previous month. The manufacturing PMI dropped to 47.9 last month (the lowest level since February 2009) from 50.9 in June and the services PMI business activity ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... standards and signaled one of the strongest expansions seen over the past six years", according to Markit. The flash manufacturing PMI eased to a three-month low but still achieved a strong reading of 56.8 in July from 57.4 in the previous month while ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... in June from 60.5 in May. It's the same story across the pond. The final estimate of the IHS/Markit Eurozone manufacturing PMI rose to 57.4 in June from a preliminary reading of 57.3 and May's final tally of 57.0. This is the best reading since April ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... for Australia's biggest export market - China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded to a reading of 51.7 in June after slowing to 51.2 in April and May, driven by a sharp increase in export orders. ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... years, the survey suggests that inflationary pressures persist in supply chains." The Nikkei/Markit Japan flash manufacturing PMI eased to a seven-month low reading of 52.0 in June from May's final reading of 53.1 on the back of weaker rates of expansion ...