Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 12 results for "IHS Markit Eurozone"

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... unemployment rate inched up to 5.9% in June from the 14-month low of 5.8% recorded in May. In the Eurozone, the IHS Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI rose from 63.1 in May to a new record high of 63.4 in June 2021 - the 12th straight month of expansion. ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... in the year to the March 2021 quarter from negative 4.7% in the previous quarter. The lead from the latest IHS Markit Eurozone PMI survey foretells continued improvement. The IHS Markit Eurozone PMI composite index increased to a reading of 57.1 in May ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... vaccine and some skepticism over its effectiveness that, in turn, are weighing on business activity. The latest IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI showed that although overall activity improved from the six-month low reading of 45.3 in November, it remains ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... cases seen in other European countries." The impact on the economy has already been captured in the latest IHS Markit Eurozone PMI survey. The composite index dropped back to a three-month low reading of 50.1 in September - the second consecutive month ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... bounce back by 6.0% in 2021, stronger than the 4.8% recovery in advanced economies. The sharp recovery in the IHS Markit Eurozone composite PMI to a level indicating expansion in July (54.9) from the record low reading of 13.6 in April gave substance ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... 2020 quarter that followed a 1.0% growth in the December 2019 quarter. Despite the recent improvement in the IHS Markit Eurozone PMI surveys -- composite PMI increased to a reading of 31.9 in May from a record low of 13.6 in the previous month; manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... 2020 quarter that followed a 1.0% growth in the December 2019 quarter. Despite the recent improvement in the IHS Markit Eurozone PMI surveys -- composite PMI increased to a preliminary reading of 30.5 in May (from a record low of 13.6 in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... threat of protectionism" has risen further with the escalation of the US-China trade war. The recently-released IHS Markit Eurozone manufacturing PMI survey gave credence to Draghi's statement at the July press conference that the economic outlook ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... quarter. While there are nascent signs of stability over economic activity... According to Markit Economics, "The IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 52.1 in June, according to the preliminary 'flash' estimate, up from 51.8 in May to reach ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... reading of 104 in April from 105.6 in March. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI for April captures all these. The IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI fell from 51.6 in March to 51.3 in April - less than market expectations of 51.8 and the slowest rate of ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT