PMI-Services Again Favor U.S. Over Euro Area
July 6, 2009
PMIs | U.S. | Ezone | U.S. | Ezone | Sum of | ||
Services | Services | Spread | Mf’g | Mf’g | Spread | Spreads | |
Feb 2008 | 49.7 | 52.3 | -2.6 | 48.8 | 52.3 | -3.5 | -6.1 |
March | 49.9 | 51.6 | -1.7 | 49.0 | 52.0 | -3.0 | -4.7 |
April | 51.9 | 52.0 | -0.1 | 48.6 | 50.7 | -2.1 | -2.2 |
May | 51.2 | 50.6 | +0.6 | 49.3 | 50.6 | -1.3 | -0.7 |
June | 48.8 | 49.1 | -0.3 | 49.5 | 49.2 | +0.3 | 0.0 |
July | 49.6 | 48.3 | +1.3 | 49.5 | 47.4 | +2.1 | +3.4 |
August | 50.4 | 48.5 | +1.9 | 49.3 | 47.6 | +2.1 | +4.0 |
Sept | 50.0 | 48.4 | 1.6 | 43.4 | 45.0 | -1.6 | 0.0 |
October | 44.6 | 45.8 | -1.2 | 38.7 | 41.1 | -2.4 | -3.6 |
November | 37.4 | 42.5 | -5.1 | 36.6 | 35.6 | +1.0 | -4.1 |
December | 40.1 | 42.1 | -2.0 | 32.9 | 33.9 | -1.0 | -3.0 |
Jan 2009 | 42.9 | 42.2 | +0.7 | 35.6 | 34.4 | +1.2 | +1.9 |
Feb | 41.6 | 39.2 | +2.4 | 35.8 | 33.5 | +2.3 | +4.7 |
March | 40.8 | 40.9 | -0.1 | 36.3 | 33.9 | +2.4 | +2.3 |
April | 43.7 | 43.8 | -0.1 | 40.1 | 36.8 | +3.3 | +3.2 |
May | 44.0 | 44.8 | -0.8 | 42.8 | 40.7 | +2.1 | +1.3 |
June | 47.0 | 44.7 | +2.3 | 44.8 | 42.6 | +2.2 | +4.5 |
The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reading rose three points in J
une to 47.0, best by more than two points since last September. Euroland’s PMI slid a tenth in contrast, so the spread between the two indices swung to a 2.3 point advantage favoring the United States from a 0.8 points favoring the euro area in May. The manufacturing spread also favored the United States and by a similar 2.2 points in June. The sum of the two differentials depicted in the right-most column above was +4.5, America’s greatest advantage in four months and and 8.9-point improvement from a 4.1% combined spread favoring the euro area last November. Within services, comparisons of new orders and jobs both contributed to the more advantageous relative U.S. position in June than in May. All of the readings — manufacturing and non-manufacturing in both regions — were in the 40’s, connoting the persistence of declining activity as the first half of 2009 drew to a close.
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