Euroland composite PMI
Markets Hopeful Ahead of U.S. Labor Market Data
November 4, 2022
Analysts are expecting the Labor Department’s October figures to show lessening jobs growth, a higher jobless rate, and some deceleration of wage inflation. Yield curve inversion is getting more attention. U.S. stock futures have risen more than 0.5% following sharp post-FOMC losses. A second source of hope comes from China where expectations are mounting of […] More
Trump Comments, More PMI Surveys, and Some Central Bank Signals
November 6, 2017
President Trump in Japan returned to his call for “fair” bilateral trade relationships. To reduce Japan’s surplus with America, he’d like to see more Japanese buying of U.S. military equipment. Euroland’s service sector and composite purchasing managers indices slipped to a 2-month low of 55.0 and 56.0, respectively. Each result was revised up a tenth […] More
