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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... costs." The statement suggests that China's economic recovery may be weakening, supported by recent PMI surveys. The Caixin China general composite PMI fell from 53.8 in May to 50.6 in June -- the lowest reading since April 2020, with private sector ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... pent-up client demand at home and abroad. As a result, firms also anticipate further rises in employment and investment" (IHS Markit China Business Outlook). This is in line with universal expectations for stronger growth this year - much stronger than ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... confinement - worse than being imprisoned is being imprisoned alone. But enough social yada, yada, yadas. The latest Markit Economics PMI surveys reveal the extent of the impact social restrictions and lockdowns is having on economic activity: The IHS/Markit ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... latest Purchasing Managers' survey indicate that the economy could be heading for stagnation. According to Markit Economics/Caixin: "The Caixin China Composite Output Index dipped to 50.5 in October from the previous month, reaching its lowest level ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... manufacturing - up to 51.6 from 51.5 - that mitigated the decline in the services sector from 54.7 to 54.2. In the middle of March, Markit released its IHS/Markit China Business Outlook survey and the key findings are: "Expectations for business activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... driven by business activity (61.7); employment (58.2), new orders (57.0) and new export orders (57.0). While Markit Economics' gauge of the US service sector dipped to a less than expected 54.6 in November from 54.8 in the previous month, it remains ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... June this year and beat market expectations for a 52.3 print. This is consistent with the survey conducted by Markit Economics on the US manufacturing sector. The final estimate of Markit's US manufacturing index increased to 54.1 in November from the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... to a reading of 49.7 in September from 48.3 in the previous month. The ISM manufacturing survey contrasts with Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI which slowed to a final reading of 51.5 in September from 52.0 in the previous month. While slightly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... from 49.4), production (49.6 from 55.4) and prices (53 from 55). Although it offered a more positive reading, Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI also slowed to a reading of 52.0 in August - still expanding - from 52.9 in the previous month. Markit's ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... manufacturing activity in China is contracting - down to a two-year low of 47.8 in July from 49.4 in June on the final Caixin/Markit China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading - or has stalled based on the official measure that eased ...
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