Amid political uncertainty, Eurozone PMI came in solid for December. Flash services PMI for December came in at 53.1 vs. 53.8 estimated. The gauge on incoming new business fell to 52.8. Eurozone flash manufacturing PMI […]
Posting the fourth straight month of improvement, the Nikkei Singapore purchasing managers’ index rose to 52.3 in August from the previous month’s 50.7. IHS Markit, which compiles the index, added a cautionary note over the […]
Markit lowered its composite reading for eurozone economic activity in August, with the combined purchasing managers’ index registering 52.9 compared with July’s 53.2. The reading suggests “the economy is losing rather than gaining momentum,” said […]
US manufacturing activity in August was hit with the sharpest slowdown in more than two years, according to a widely followed benchmark. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index dropped 3.2 points, to 49.4, on […]
With the shock of the Brexit vote wearing off, output and new orders at UK factories posted solid gains in August, according to the Markit/Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index. […]
Markit’s purchasing managers’ index for the UK pulled back sharply after the Brexit vote, suggesting that the economy could contract in the third quarter. The PMI’s drop to 47.3 from 51.9 the previous month was […]
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