purchasing manager indices
Directionless Tuesday Evokes a Hazy Shade of Winter
January 24, 2023
Many markets in Asia including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore remained closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Equities closed down 0.4% in the Philippines, 0.2% in Indonesia, and unchanged in India but up by 0.4% in Australia and 1.5% in Japan. Stock markets in Europe are currently unchanged in […] More
Covid Alive and Well and Exerting Varied Influence
July 23, 2021
July preliminary purchasing manager survey results reported today for the euro area, U.K., Australia and United States confirm continuing robust economic activity but weaker business confidence due to elevated inflation, supply-side constraints in labor and materials, and not least the highly infectious Delta Variant of Covid-19. The number of globally identified coronavirus cases keeps grinding […] More
Many Markets Remain Closed for Easter Monday and Only a Few Data Released
April 5, 2021
Australia, New Zealand, Canada and most European markets are shut observing the extended Easter holiday, while China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are celebrated the Ching Ming Festival. The World Bank/IMF meetings at which Fed Chairman Powell will be speaking are running all week. The dollar has dipped 0.3% relative to the Australian dollar and sterling, […] More
A Week of Transition Ends with Release of Weak Data and Fresh Investor Uneasiness
January 22, 2021
The Biden Administration has been busy reorienting American policies, but markets today are most fixated on alarming Covid trends and fresh evidence of their adverse impact on economic activity. U.S. equity futures are set to open 0.5-1.0% lower today after markets closed down 1.7% in Indonesia, 1.6% in Hong Kong, 1.5% in India, 0.9% in […] More
Dollar Down but Stocks Up After U.S. Presidential Debate and First Glimpse at October PMI Surveys
October 23, 2020
The dollar slipped by 0.4% overnight against the Australian and Canadian dollar, 0.3% relative to the Swiss franc, 0.2% vis-a-vis the peso, kiwi, and euro, and 0.1% versus the yen and yuan. Contrary to the softer trend, the dollar has edged up 0.1% against sterling, and sovereign debt yields and share prices are each firmer. […] More
Firmer Tone Wednesday in Equities and the Dollar
September 23, 2020
European share prices so far today show gains of 2.1% in the U.K., 1.6% in Spain, 1.5% in France, 1.4% in Germany and 1.1% in Italy. Equities also rebounded 2.4% in Australia, 1.1% in New Zealand, and 0.7% in Singapore but dipped 0.1% in Japan whose market was closed Monday and Tuesday for holidays. U.S. […] More
Global Stock Market Rally
July 6, 2020
Share prices in Asia overnight leaped 5.7% in China, 3.8% in Hong Kong,1.8% in Japan, 1.7% in South Korea, 1.4% in Singapore and 1.3% in India. Key markets around Europe are currently up by 2.3% in Spain, 1.9% in Italy, 1.8% in Great Britain, 1.6% in France and Germany and 1.0% in Switzerland. A U.S. […] More
More Evidence that Tariffs Are Hurting Manufacturing All Over
July 24, 2019
Preliminary purchasing manager survey results from July in Japan, Australia, Euroland, and the U.S. were published today, and their main message is that trade wars hurt just about everybody. Japan’s manufacturing PMI printed below 50 for a third straight month and the fifth time in six months. Readings under 50 imply a contraction of activity. […] More
Trade War Fear Takes Center Stage
March 22, 2018
While Fed Chairman Jay Powell downplayed the risk to growth from trade restraints at least insofar as any influence on U.S. monetary policy is concerned, global financial markets are taking the danger of a trade war very seriously, particularly as President Trump seems poised to slap $50 billion of tariffs on imported Chinese goods. There’s […] More
Stocks Up in Europe after Drop in Asia… Dollar and Sterling Off, Too
August 3, 2017
The dollar fell 0.5% against the yen, 0.2% relative to the euro and Swiss franc and 0.1% versus the kiwi and yuan. Sterling’s even more weak, dropping 0.6% against the dollar as Bank of England Governor Carney returned to a theme that Brexit will hit the economy for a long time to come. Share prices […] More
