by Ryan Littlestone | August 23rd, 2018, 13:46:29 | Economic Data, News, US
August 2018 US Markit manufacturing and services flash PMI’s 23 August 2018 Prior 55.3 Services 55.2 vs 55.9 exp. Prior 56.0 New orders 55.9 vs 56.6 prior Composite 55.0 vs 55.7 prior Employment 53.4 vs 54.2 prior Markit notes; On a more positive note,...
by Ryan Littlestone | August 23rd, 2018, 08:03:58 | Economic Data, Eurozone, France, Germany, News
Eurozone Markit manufacturing and services flash PMI’s 23 August 2018 Prior 55.1 Services 54.4 vs 54.4 exp. Prior 54.2 Compostite 54.4 vs 54.5 exp. Prior 54.3 Good news on employment which hit a 6 month high, though it’s not all good news; Future...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 5th, 2018, 14:00:55 | Economic Data, News, US
June 2018 US ISM non-manufacturing PMI 5 July 2018 Prior 58.6 Business activity 63.9 vs 60.9 exp. Prior 61.3 Employment 53.6 vs 54.1 prior New orders 63.2 vs 60.5 prior Prices paid 60.7 vs 64.3 prior On the whole a good report, even with a pullback in...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 5th, 2018, 13:47:27 | Economic Data, News, US
June 2018 US Markit services PMI final 5 July 2018 Flash 56.5. May 56.8 Employment 54.7 vs 53.3 flash. May 54.8 Composite 56.2 vs 56.0 prior Employment 54.7 vs 53.4 flash. May 54.7 An improvement in employment but it still all confirms a minor drop from May. Markit...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 4th, 2018, 08:31:44 | Economic Data, News, UK
June 2018 UK Markit/CIPS services PMI 4 July 2018 Prior 54.0 New orders 55.3 vs 53.1 prior Markit says services points to Q2 GDP of 0.4% Robust and accelerated upturn in business activity New work increases at fastest pace for 13 months Input cost inflation...