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Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... underscores the improvement in activity. Although still in contraction territory (below the 50 reading), the composite PMI index has sequentially improved from a record low reading of 25.8 in April this year to a seven-month high of 46.6 in September. ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... underscores the improvement in activity. Although still in contraction territory (below the 50 reading), the composite PMI index has sequentially improved from a record low reading of 25.8 in April this year to a six-month high of 45.2. The manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... investment intentions appear to have recovered." This was underscored by the sharp turnaround in the IHS/CIPS UK Composite PMI index to 53.3 in January - a 16-month high - after four months of below 50 readings (indicating contraction) as activity in ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... advising to overweight Eurozone equities. The forward view (back then) was also better with the Markit Eurozone composite PMI index for December 2017 surging to its highest reading since February 2011 According to IHS/Markit (at the time): "The upturn ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... This is consistent with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) PMI survey. The flash estimate of the CBA composite PMI index rose from a reading of 51.5 in May to 53.1 in June - the strongest expansion since November 2018. "Output and new business ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... United Kingdom is strong enough to withstand a small adjustment upwards in interest rates. Markit Economics' Composite PMI index for the UK rose to a reading of 59.1 in July from 58.4 in the previous month, prompting Chris Williamson -- Markit's chief ...
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