25 March 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
In a busy week that sees an updated US non-farm payroll report, worldwide manufacturing PMIs will reveal insights into business conditions amid...
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GET DEMO25 March 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
In a busy week that sees an updated US non-farm payroll report, worldwide manufacturing PMIs will reveal insights into business conditions amid...
24 March 2022 Chris Williamson
Preliminary PMI survey data showed only a modest impact from the Ukraine war on current economic growth in the world's largest developed economies...
24 March 2022 Chris Williamson
The UK PMI surveys indicated a sustained robust pace of expansion in March as the further reopening of the economy from COVID-19 containment...
24 March 2022 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity growth slowed in March as the economic impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine offset a boost to demand from the further...
24 March 2022 Jingyi Pan
Australia saw business activity improve at an increased rate in March, while activity in Japan showed signs of stabilising.
23 March 2022 Usamah Bhatti
S&P Global PMI Commodity Price & Supply Indicators highlighted that manufacturers continued to battle against rising prices and shortages for...
21 March 2022 Chris Williamson
The PMI output index is the survey’s principal gauge of economic growth and can provide valuable insights into GDP, service sector growth and...
18 March 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
March flash PMIs will be released in the coming week for a first look at economic conditions since the outbreak of the Ukraine war.
17 March 2022 Jingyi Pan
February PMI data pointed to the global economy recovering as the Omicron wave faded, though this was prior to various significant developments...
11 March 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The week ahead will see an abundance of central bank meetings across the US, UK, Japan, Indonesia and Taiwan.
10 March 2022 Chris Williamson
The pace of global economic growth revived in February having slumped to a one-and-a-half year low in January, bringing encouraging news of a...
08 March 2022 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global’s latest Monthly PMI Bulletin. For the full report, please click on the ‘Download Full Report’ link....
04 March 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The Ukraine crisis induced uncertainty remains in focus going into the fresh week, though the attention is expected to be shared with upcoming...
02 March 2022 Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing growth picked up in February after being subdued to a one-and-a-half year low in January due to the Omicron wave. However...
01 March 2022 Jingyi Pan
Despite a broad increase in COVID-19 infections in the ASEAN region, manufacturing conditions remained resilient in February with the ASEAN manufacturing...
01 March 2022 Chris Williamson
February saw a welcome stabilisation of manufacturing production in mainland China, suggesting the health restrictions imposed to control the...
25 February 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Markets will inevitably be dominated by the Ukraine crisis, though from an economic data perspective worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs...
22 February 2022 Chris Williamson
The pace of economic growth across the four largest developed economies rebounded in February after having slowed sharply due to the Omicron...
21 February 2022 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity growth accelerated sharply in February as COVID-19 containment measures were relaxed
21 February 2022 Chris Williamson
The latest PMI surveys indicate a resurgent economy in February, with business activity leaping higher as COVID-19 containment measures were...
21 February 2022 Rajiv Biswas
The South Korean economy closed the 2021 year on a strong note, with GDP up 4.1% year-on-year (y/y) in the fourth quarter of 2021.
21 February 2022 Jingyi Pan
APAC economies Japan and Australia saw their paths diverge amid mixed COVID-19 Omicron developments.
21 February 2022 Chris Williamson
The headline au Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI remained in expansion territory at 52.9 in February according to the preliminary ‘flash’ reading...
17 February 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
S&P Global flash PMIs for February, released across major developed economies, will be in focus in the coming week. Central bank meetings in...
16 February 2022 Chris Williamson
Record high job vacancies and low unemployment have led to the tightest labour market in at least two decades
11 February 2022
The week ahead finds the focus on the January US Fed FOMC minutes, while UK and China January inflation data will be key economic figures to...
11 February 2022 Jingyi Pan
PMI sub-indices have been shown to provide a considerable amount of value beyond the market-sensitive headline PMI figure
08 February 2022 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded for a nineteenth straight month in January, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
07 February 2022 Chris Williamson
S&P Global's unique global sector PMI data showed average prices charged by food producers to have risen at a rate unprecedented in over a decade...
07 February 2022 Chris Williamson
January saw the pace of global economic growth wane to a pandemic recovery low as the Omicron wave once again meant COVID-19 disrupted business...
07 February 2022 Chris Williamson
Detailed sector data from the PMI reveal how consumer-facing industries were the hardest hit, with tourism and recreation reporting by far the...
07 February 2022 Chris Williamson
The pace of global economic growth slumped to a one-and-a-half year low in January as the Omicron wave disrupted activity
04 February 2022 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The key release of the week is likely to be US inflation for January, though GDP data are updated for both the UK and Taiwan and central bank...
02 February 2022 Chris Williamson
Both S&P Global and ISM survey gauges showed the US manufacturing economy being hit by the surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant...
01 February 2022 Chris Williamson
A slowing in the worldwide factory sector was signalled in January as the JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI fell from 54.3 in December to 53.2...
31 January 2022
Tightened restrictions to fight the Omicron wave has led to a renewed decline in manufacturing production in mainland China, with demand also...
28 January 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs will be released in a busy week ahead filled with key economic data such as the US jobs report and...
27 January 2022 Chris Williamson
The US economy grew at an impressive pace in the closing quarter of 2021, but a renewed period of weakness is already being signalled at the...
25 January 2022 Chris Williamson
The pace of economic growth across the four largest developed economies slowed sharply in January to the lowest since June 2020 as the Omicron...
24 January 2022 Chris Williamson
Soaring virus cases have brought the US economy to a near standstill at the start of the year, with businesses disrupted by worsening supply...
24 January 2022 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity growth slowed for a second successive month in January as the spread of the Omicron variant took an increasing toll...
24 January 2022 Chris Williamson
A resilient rate of economic growth in the UK during January masks wide variations across different sectors
24 January 2022 Jingyi Pan
APAC economies Japan and Australia slipped into contraction at the start of 2022 as new waves of COVID-19 infections disrupted business activity....
21 January 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Flash PMIs for January will be released next week while central bank meetings in the US and Canada unfold
18 January 2022 Chris Williamson
January's PMI data will provide the first broad insight into the economic impact of the Omicron variant across the globe, commencing with the...
13 January 2022 Chris Williamson
UK recruitment agencies reported a further strong rise in the number of people placed in permanent jobs in December, the rate of hiring running...
13 January 2022 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A busy week ahead is lined with central bank meetings in Japan and Malaysia while labour market and inflation data from the UK will be in focus...
10 January 2022 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded for an eighteenth straight month in December, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
07 January 2022 Chris Williamson
The global economy slowed in December as rising COVID-19 case numbers dented the service sector expansion.
05 January 2022 Chris Williamson
An unchanged global manufacturing PMI reading in December masked improvements in various sub-indices
24 December 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan
The final week of 2021 is upon us with the holiday-shortened week seeing a light economic data calendar before 2022 kickstarts with a barrage...
17 December 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A holiday-shortened week finds US and Japan inflation data alongside US and UK updates to Q3 GDP
16 December 2021 Jingyi Pan
December’s preliminary PMI numbers provided a more solemn note to end the year, with growth momentum across the world’s largest developed economies...
16 December 2021 Chris Williamson
The flash PMI data show the UK economy being hit once again by COVID-19, with growth slowing sharply at the end of the year led by a steep drop...
16 December 2021 Chris Williamson
The eurozone economy is being dealt yet another blow from COVID-19, with rising infection levels dampening growth in the service sector in particular...
14 December 2021 Joseph Hayes
Global economic growth has been slowing quite drastically in the second half of 2021 as the post-lockdown boom petered out and supply-issues...
13 December 2021 Andrew Harker
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, so begins the Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities. In ‘A Tale of Two Currencies’...
10 December 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
December flash PMIs will be released in a week packed with central bank meetings across the US, UK, eurozone, Japan and more
09 December 2021 Pollyanna De Lima
Brazil dipped back into recession in the third quarter of 2021 as a severe drought hugely impacted farmers. PMI data for the fourth quarter so...
07 December 2021 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded for a seventeenth straight month in November, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
07 December 2021 Jingyi Pan
US Sector PMI data showed that more sectors clocked growth in November compared to the prior month, although goods-producing industries appear...
03 December 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Inflation data from the US and China will take centre stage next week while central bank meetings will be in abundance across Canada, Australia...
01 December 2021 Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing output growth remained subdued in November as ongoing near-record supply shortages were accompanied by a slowing of demand...
01 December 2021 Chris Williamson
A strong headline PMI reading masked just how tough business conditions are for manufacturers at the moment
26 November 2021 Chris Williamson
The most common mistake we see in PMI charts is the incorrect use of the headline PMI for manufacturing. The headline PMI is a gauge based on...
26 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs will be released next week for a detailed look into November economic conditions
24 November 2021 Chris Williamson
November’s preliminary PMI numbers show the developed world’s economies continuing to grow at above trend rates, spurring further solid job creation....
23 November 2021 Chris Williamson
A combination of sustained buoyant UK business growth, further job market gains and record inflationary pressures gives a green light for interest...
23 November 2021 Chris Williamson
A stronger expansion of business activity in November defied economists’ expectations of a slowdown, but is unlikely to prevent the eurozone...
23 November 2021 Jingyi Pan
A further easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Australia enabled private sector growth to accelerate in November according to flash PMI™ data
18 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
S&P Global releases flash PMIs for November in a week packed with economic data releases
16 November 2021 David Owen
Projections for UK employment levels were upbeat again in October as firms look to ease labour shortages seen across vast areas of the economy...
15 November 2021 David Owen
October data from the Accenture/S&P Global UK Business Outlook survey – a tri-annual survey based on a panel of around 1,300 companies in the...
12 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas
In 2020, Vietnam was one of the most resilient economies in the Asia-Pacific region to the shockwaves from the global COVID-19 pandemic, with...
12 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas Lewis Cooper Chris Williamson
The coming week will bring important insights into economic trends in the US and China at the start of the fourth quarter, most notably via industrial...
09 November 2021 Chris Williamson
US equity investor risk appetite improved for a second month running in November, rising to the highest since April
08 November 2021 Chris Williamson
A 13-year record rise in prices signalled by S&P Global's worldwide manufacturing and services PMI surveys in October points to a further acceleration...
05 November 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth gained momentum at the start of the fourth quarter as disruptions to businesses in many countries eased in line with a...
05 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas Lewis Cooper Chris Williamson
The coming week sees some important updates on inflation from the US and China, as well as some fresh UK GDP data to help steer policy at an...
04 November 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The ASEAN region has shown a strong rebound in manufacturing output during October, according to the latest S&P Global ASEAN Manufacturing PMI...
02 November 2021 Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing output growth slowed in October to the weakest so far in the recovery from the initial pandemic lockdowns, constrained...
25 October 2021 Chris Williamson
October’s preliminary PMI numbers showed growth picking up in the US and UK and reviving in Japan and Australia thanks to stronger service sector...
22 October 2021 Jingyi Pan
October flash PMIs signalled that APAC economies, including Australia and Japan, returned to a state of expansion
22 October 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity growth slowed sharply to a six-month low in October amid increasing supply bottlenecks and ongoing COVID-19 concerns...
22 October 2021 Chris Williamson
A rise in the headline flash UK manufacturing PMI masked a deterioration in the rate of growth of output in October
22 October 2021 Chris Williamson
The flash PMI data show the UK economy picking up speed again in October, however the expansion is looking increasingly dependent on the service...
22 October 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A flurry of central bank meetings take place across the globe in the coming week, encompassing Canada, the eurozone and Japan, and we get glimpses...
19 October 2021 Joseph Hayes
New research by S&P Global aims to demonstrate how timely PMI survey data can enhance short-term equilibrium exchange rate estimation by quantifying...
18 October 2021 Paul Smith, Ph.D.
Following on from our previous work related to PMI and its application in financial markets settings, this paper provides another fruitful avenue...
14 October 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Flash PMIs will offer early insights into economic conditions into the start of Q4 next week
12 October 2021 David Owen
Sub-Saharan Africa saw economic activity stall during the third quarter of 2021, as a wave of the COVID-19 Delta variant led to heightened lockdown...
12 October 2021 Chris Williamson
US equity investors’ risk appetite has picked up in October from the one-year survey low seen in September, but remains subdued compared to earlier...
08 October 2021 Jingyi Pan
Asia Sector PMI data showed an economic improvement in the region with eight of the 18 sectors reporting output growth in September
08 October 2021 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded for a fifteenth straight month in September, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
08 October 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The week ahead brings a busy economic calendar with inflation data due from the US and China plus GDP and labour market updates from the UK
07 October 2021 Chris Williamson
Ten key charts on the global auto manufacturing sector
05 October 2021 Jingyi Pan
The latest S&P Global US Sector PMI™ indicated a slowdown in growth across four of the seven sectors tracked, led by the technology sector
04 October 2021 Chris Williamson
Manufacturing input costs rose at an accelerated rate in September, increasing at one of the sharpest rates seen over the past decade as supply...
01 October 2021 Chris Williamson
The pace of manufacturing output growth steadied in September after hitting the lowest for over a year in August, though was kept subdued by...
01 October 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Worldwide services PMIs will be in focus next week following the manufacturing PMI updates
01 October 2021 Jingyi Pan
Vietnam GDP contracted sharply in Q3, reflecting the COVID-19 hit to the economy, in line with early signals from the S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing...
28 September 2021
Learn in-depth tips and background insights about Purchasing Managers Index from the experts who compile and analyse the survey data at S&P Global...
24 September 2021 Chris Williamson
The rate of growth of the world's four largest developed economies deteriorated for a fourth month running in September, according to the flash...
24 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
September manufacturing PMIs will be released with the turn of the month next week while inflation updates are awaited from the US and eurozone...
23 September 2021 Chris Williamson
A fourth successive monthly slowing of business activity has taken the pace of expansion to its lowest since January’s lockdown, according to...
23 September 2021 Chris Williamson
September’s flash eurozone PMI highlighted an unwelcome combination of sharply slower economic growth and steeply rising prices
21 September 2021 Chris Williamson
The aggregation of different components into one headline ‘PMI’ indicator, designed as an overall barometer of business conditions, means a considerable...
20 September 2021 Usamah Bhatti
The Japanese private sector reported a sharp deterioration in business conditions during August, with rising COVID-19 cases across the country...
16 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas
Thailand had considerable success in containing its domestic COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021
16 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
An action-packed week ahead promises an abundance of central bank meetings, including the US Fed FOMC, BOE and BOJ policy meetings
15 September 2021 Chris Williamson
A new survey from S&P Global reveals that US equity investors' risk appetite has deteriorated to the worst level recorded over the past year...
13 September 2021 Chris Williamson
The underlying trend in the pace of UK economic growth likely slowed for a third successive month in August
10 September 2021 Chris Williamson
Recent PMI data have sent diverging signals on the path of central bank policy tapering
10 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The new COVID-19 waves in East Asian electronics manufacturing hubs have further increased supply chain disruptions at electronics plants
10 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A busy week of economic releases is lined up ahead with US and UK August inflation numbers to watch
08 September 2021 Jingyi Pan
Asia Sector PMI showed only five of 18 sectors reported output growth in August, the lowest number since June 2020
08 September 2021 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded for a fourteenth straight month in August, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
07 September 2021 Chris Williamson
With August seeing a rise in COVID-19 case numbers globally due to the spread of the Delta variant, it was no surprise to see healthcare leading...
07 September 2021 Chris Williamson
The UK construction PMI showed the contruction activity is being hit by shortages of raw materials and labour, and reaches its lowest output...
06 September 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth slowed to the lowest since January in August as the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant disrupted activity around the...
03 September 2021 Jingyi Pan
Emerging markets slipped into contraction in August for the first time in fourteen months, reflecting the pressure stemming from the latest COVID-19...
03 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas
Many Southeast Asian economies have continued to be hammered by escalating new COVID-19 Delta waves during August
03 September 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Central bank meetings in the eurozone, Australia and Malaysia pack the week ahead, with the focus firmly on whether the European Central Bank...
02 September 2021 Chris Williamson
A mild decline in the headline global PMI masks a more worrying downturn in manufacturing production revealed by the survey’s sub-indices. These...
27 August 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs offer the first comprehensive look at economic conditions around the globe in August next week
25 August 2021 Chris Williamson
S&P Global’s PMI business surveys provide leading signals of economic change ahead of comparable official data. In this example we look at how...
23 August 2021 Chris Williamson
Flash PMI surveys showed the eurozone enjoying the strongest expansion of the major developed economies in August
23 August 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity continued to grow at one of the strongest rates seen over the past two decades in August
18 August 2021 David Owen
The spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, and subsequent state capital lockdowns, fuelled a sharp decline in economic activity across Australia...
18 August 2021 Chris Williamson
A retrospective of 2008 underscores the value of the PMI survey in providing policymakers with an early picture of economic conditions
18 August 2021 Chris Williamson
The 2017 period serves as a reminder to treat early GDP estimates with caution, with the PMI historically providing a valuable advance guide...
12 August 2021 Chris Williamson
The backlogs of work index from S&P Global’s PMI business surveys captures the volume of orders that a company has received but has yet to either...
12 August 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The Philippines economy rebounded strongly in the second quarter of 2021, after five consecutive quarters of economic contraction during 2020...
12 August 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Meeting minutes from the Fed and RBA will be released in the coming week while a series of economic data will be closely watch, including eurozone...
10 August 2021 Sian Jones
The Czech manufacturing sector has seen a marked expansion in output in recent months, as demand continued to recover from a tumultuous year
10 August 2021 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™) data are compiled by S&P Global for more than 40 economies worldwide. The monthly data are derived from surveys...
06 August 2021 Chris Williamson
S&P Global’s PMI business surveys showed the global economic recovery continuing into July, but the rate of expansion lost momentum
05 August 2021 Jingyi Pan
The S&P Global Global Sector PMI™ signalled sustained strong recovery for the global economy, led by the consumer services sector
02 August 2021 Chris Williamson
July saw another unprecedented lengthening of manufacturers’ supply chains, linked in many cases to production of key components being hit by...
02 August 2021 Rajiv Biswas
A key risk to the near-term economic outlook of South Korea is the sharp upturn in daily new COVID-19 cases during July, with the highly transmissible...
02 August 2021 Chris Williamson
The Eurozone manufacturing PMI survey brought further signs that manufacturers and their suppliers are struggling to raise capacity fast enough...
02 August 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A fully-packed week for economy watchers kicks off with worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs and rounds off with the US jobs report
26 July 2021 Chris Williamson
Flash PMI surveys showed mixed trends in July, with COVID-19 once again playing a key role in divergences
26 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas
Rebounding consumer spending and industrial production in key economies, notably the US, China, EU and UK, is helping to drive demand for a wide...
26 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Friday's flash PMI data brought some relief on the price front, with the US survey price gauges down for a second straight month to hint that...
26 July 2021 Jingyi Pan
The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Composite PMI, compiled by S&P Global, indicated Japan's private sector shrank for a third straight month in July...
23 July 2021 Chris Williamson
July saw the UK economy's recent growth spurt hit by a rising wave of virus infections, which subdued customer demand, disrupted supply chains...
23 July 2021 Chris Williamson
July’s flash PMI data for UK manufacturing revealed that production growth was stymied by the rising wave of COVID-19 infections
23 July 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity grew at the fastest rate for 21 years in July as the economy continued to re-open from COVID-19 restrictions. The...
23 July 2021 Jingyi Pan
Renewed movement restrictions, brought about by the spread of the Delta variant, weighed heavily on the Australian economy in July
21 July 2021 Chris Williamson
The suppliers’ delivery times index from S&P Global’s PMI business surveys captures the extent of supply chain delays in an economy, which in...
20 July 2021 Chris Williamson
Taiwanese export data show the growth rate cooling in the second quarter, corroborating recent PMI survey findings of slower export gains
15 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The first glimpses of worldwide economic growth and inflation trends at the start of the third quarter will be revealed by flash PMI surveys...
15 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas
Despite the strong rebound in global economic growth in H1 2021 led by the US and Western Europe, many APAC economies are being hit by new COVID-19...
14 July 2021 David Owen
The Accenture/S&P Global UK Business Outlook showed that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK companies has lessened considerably in recent...
12 July 2021 David Owen
UK business optimism continued to strengthen midway through the year, as expectations of a strong recovery enabled firms to plan a record increase...
12 July 2021 Jingyi Pan
June global PMI brought greater warnings of the Delta wave’s effect on diverging economic performance
09 July 2021 Shreeya Patel
Latest PMI™ data revealed another sharp deterioration in the health of Myanmar’s manufacturing sector at the end of the second quarter, as firms...
09 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas
China-Australia trade tensions have escalated significantly in 2020-21, with Australian exports of goods having been impacted by an increasing...
09 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Central bank meetings will be held in Canada, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea in the coming week, which come alongside important inflation...
07 July 2021 Chris Williamson
The global economy expanded at a solid rate again in June, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global)
07 July 2021 Chris Williamson
S&P Global's PMI surveys indicate that demand is switching from goods to services, but regional divergences in consumer spending remained marked...
06 July 2021 Chris Williamson
S&P Global's PMI business surveys showed the global economic recovery losing slight momentum in June though regional differences remained marked...
02 July 2021 Chris Williamson
Although global manufacturing output growth ran at one of the fastest rates seen for over a decade in June, capacity constraints continued to...
02 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Worldwide services and composite PMIs will be in focus following the release of global manufacturing PMIs, which highlighted the continued divergence...
02 July 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The latest S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI for June 2021 showed a sharp drop, reflecting the impact of the rising Covid wave.
01 July 2021 Chris Williamson
UK suppliers of components and smaller firms hit especially hard since end of Brexit transition period
01 July 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone manufacturing continued to grow at a rate unbeaten in almost 24 years of survey history in June as demand surged with the further relaxation...
25 June 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Recent PMI data have highlighted the 'vaccine dividend' driving strong growth in the US and Europe while many other countries continue to struggle...
23 June 2021 Chris Williamson
The US continued to lead the global economic rebound in June, according to flash PMI data from S&P Global, but also showed signs of growth peaking...
23 June 2021 Chris Williamson
Record levels of the UK flash PMI survey's price gauges and the further development of capacity constraints hint strongly that consumer price...
23 June 2021 Chris Williamson
UK businesses reported a record increase in employment during June as the economy continued to reopen from COVID-19 restrictions, according to...
23 June 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity grew at the fastest rate for 15 years in June as the economy re-opened further from virus-fighting restrictions and...
23 June 2021 Chris Williamson
The UK’s record economic growth spurt continued in June, according to the latest flash PMI data from S&P Global and CIPS
23 June 2021 Jingyi Pan
June flash PMI showed Japan’s private sector contracted for a second straight month as COVID-19 restrictions and supply woes constrained output...
21 June 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated to the fastest for 15 years in May as economies continued to open up from COVID-19 related restrictions
17 June 2021 Chris Williamson
S&P Global's PMI business surveys showed the economic recovery gaining momentum in May as output growth accelerated to the fastest for 15 years...
17 June 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The strong rebound in global economic growth in the first half of 2021 has driven a significant upturn in Asia Pacific merchandise exports which...
17 June 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
Flash PMIs will be released in the coming week for the US, UK, eurozone, Japan and Australia
16 June 2021 Sian Jones
As Europe begins to ramp up vaccination rollouts, countries such as Greece, where the tourism sector is vital to the wider economy, have an additional...
11 June 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The highly anticipated Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting will take place alongside central bank meetings in Japan, Taiwan and Indonesia...
10 June 2021 Jingyi Pan
The S&P Global US Sector PMI™ reflected continued improvement in business activity across all seven broad categories surveyed
04 June 2021 Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A series of key economic data releases are anticipated in the coming week, in addition to central bank meetings in the eurozone and Canada
03 June 2021 Chris Williamson
The S&P Global US composite PMI, covering both manufacturing and services, showed one of the largest jumps on record in May
02 June 2021 Jingyi Pan
Global manufacturing PMI reflects supply chain woes persisted in May
01 June 2021 Chris Williamson
Eurozone manufacturing continued to grow at a rate unprecedented in almost 24 years of survey history in May, but also indicated record capacity...
28 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The Philippines has remained in protracted recession during early 2021, suffering its fifth consecutive quarter of economic contraction in the...
28 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A busy week is packed with manufacturing and services PMIs around the globe and rounds off with the May US labour market update. The news flow...
24 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The focus this week is on central banks, as taper talk stirs...
24 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas
An increasing number of Asia-Pacific (APAC) economies have been hit by escalating Covid-19 waves during April and May, reflecting factors such...
21 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Flash PMI survey data showed business activity rising strongly in the US and Europe during May as these economies continued to open up from Covid-19...
21 May 2021 Jingyi Pan
au Jibun Bank Japan PMI
21 May 2021 Chris Williamson
The UK is enjoying an unprecedented growth spurt as the economy reopens, according to the latest flash PMI data from S&P Global and CIPS
21 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Demand for goods and services is surging at the sharpest rate for nearly 15 years across the eurozone, according to flash PMI data form S&P Global...
21 May 2021 Jingyi Pan
The Australian economy continued to expand into the second quarter with May flash PMI data from S&P Global indicating a ninth consecutive month...
17 May 2021
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17 May 2021 Sian Jones Paul Smith, Ph.D. Eliot Kerr
In this paper we present ideas on how to derive signals from national sector PMI data and use these in active equity investment strategies for...
17 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
A busy economic calendar is seen for the week ahead with special attention on May's flash PMI data due from the US, Eurozone, Japan, UK and Australia...
10 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Global business surveys indicated a marked upturn in hiring in April as companies boosted activity in line with resurgent demand for goods and...
10 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated sharply in April, and further robust growth looks likely in the coming months
10 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Worldwide orders for business equipment rose at the fastest rate for a decade in April, as increasing numbers of companies invested in expanding...
10 May 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated sharply in April to reach an 11-year high
07 May 2021 Annabel Fiddes
The gradual rollback of pandemic restrictions and the roadmap out of lockdown led to a flurry of hiring activity across the UK in April
07 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas
Taiwan recorded buoyant GDP growth of 8.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, helped by rapid growth of electronics exports to key markets...
07 May 2021 Rajiv Biswas Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
After April's global PMIs revealed the strongest growth in 11 years, official economic data releases will be of interest to track recovery momentum...
06 May 2021 Jingyi Pan
The US private sector exhibited the strongest expansion on record in April, supported by faster growth in both manufacturing and service sectors...
04 May 2021 Chris Williamson
US manufacturers reported the biggest boom in at least 14 years during April, but supply constraints at a time of surging demand are causing...
04 May 2021 Chris Williamson
The rebound in demand from COVID-19 lockdowns propelled global manufacturing output growth to its fastest for 11 years at the start of the second...
30 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Jingyi Pan Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global’s latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report, please click on the ‘Download Full Report’...
27 April 2021 Chris Williamson
UK PMI data show smaller firms hit by slumping exports so far in 2021, contrasting with strong export growth at large firms
26 April 2021 Usamah Bhatti
Supply chain constraints and shortages of critical materials have accompanied the recovery in global demand for goods and services, according...
26 April 2021 Chris Williamson
The US and UK reported stronger economic growth than Japan and the eurozone in April, according to flash PMI data from S&P Global
26 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The Australian economy has rebounded in early 2021 from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictive measures that hit domestic demand during...
26 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Jingyi Pan Daniel Yergin, Ph.D. Chris Williamson
The coming week sees central bank policy meetings in the US and Japan alongside some key economic data releases
23 April 2021 Chris Williamson
An easing of COVID-19 containment measures in April helped drive the pace of UK economic growth to the best for almost seven and a half years...
23 April 2021 Chris Williamson
In a month during which virus containment measures were tightened in the face of further waves of infections, the eurozone economy showed encouraging...
23 April 2021 Jingyi Pan
The Japanese economy saw encouraging signs in April according to preliminary PMI data
22 April 2021 Usamah Bhatti
The UK's construction sector recovery gathered momentum in March, according to S&P Global/CIPS PMI data, as robust increases in output across...
21 April 2021 Daniel Yergin, Ph.D.
If you’re wondering why your new couch is going to take three or four months to arrive, not just a few weeks, the reason is simple: You are...
16 April 2021 David Owen
S&P Global's Australia PMI data have recently been expanded in order to delve more deeply into the regional and sectoral trends affecting business...
16 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Interest rate decisions are scheduled at central banks in the eurozone, Canada, Indonesia and Russia in a week which also sees the publication...
14 April 2021 Lewis Cooper Andrew Harker
As was the case throughout much of 2020, a range of major cities across the world have continued to underperform relative to the rest of their...
13 April 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated in March, buoyed by a rejuvenated service sector accompanying further manufacturing growth
09 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The near-term outlook for the Philippines economy has been impacted by a sharply rising wave of new COVID-19 cases since mid-March 2021
09 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas Lewis Cooper Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Updates to economic trends in China, Japan, the US, Eurozone and UK will dominate the week as markets seek insights into growth momentum amid...
08 April 2021 Chris Williamson
Inflationary pressures have risen worldwide to the highest for at least a decade as a surge in demand is accompanied by widespread supply constraints...
07 April 2021 Chris Williamson
Global employment growth accelerated in March, according to the worldwide PMI surveys compiled by S&P Global, as companies increasingly sought...
07 April 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated to the fastest in just over six and a half years in March, buoyed by a rejuvenated service sector accompanying...
01 April 2021 Chris Williamson
Global manufacturing output growth accelerated in March to one of the fastest rates seen over the past decade
01 April 2021 Rajiv Biswas Lewis Cooper Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Service sector PMIs will dominate the week alongside some key updates to trade, industrial production and inflation
26 March 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Payrolls and PMIs dominate the economic agenda for the week ahead, with the ECB's latest analysis and eurozone inflation also in focus
24 March 2021 Chris Williamson
Early indicators of economic performance in March point to the US outperforming among the largest developed economies, though growth resumed...
24 March 2021 Chris Williamson
The eurozone economy beat expectations in March, showing a much better than anticipated expansion thanks mainly to a record surge in manufacturing...
24 March 2021 Chris Williamson
The UK economy rebounded from two months of decline in March, according to the latest flash PMI data from S&P Global and CIPS
22 March 2021 Paul Smith, Ph.D. Eliot Kerr
According to our latest Global Trade Index, global trade was estimated to be 14.9% higher than a year ago in January
19 March 2021 Rajiv Biswas Lewis Cooper Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
A jam-packed economic calendar for the week ahead sees the release of flash PMI data for the Eurozone, UK and US, as well as Japan and Australia...
16 March 2021 Shreeya Patel
The Philippines manufacturing PMI indicated that the rebound in operating conditions seen at the start of the year extended into February. The...
12 March 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated in February, according to the worldwide PMI surveys conducted by S&P Global, with growth falling just short...
12 March 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The main events of the week ahead will be central bank policy meetings in the US, UK and Japan, which are accompanied by some key indicator releases...
08 March 2021 Paul Smith, Ph.D.
In this short paper, we provide thoughts and ideas on how to glean signals from national sector PMI data with a view to utilising these in active...
05 March 2021 Chris Williamson
A key global gauge of companies’ input cost inflation rose to its highest level for over 12 years in February
05 March 2021 Rajiv Biswas Rahul Kapoor Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global’s latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report, please click on the ‘Download Full Report’...
03 March 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated in February, according to the worldwide PMI surveys conducted by S&P Global, led by the US. However, further...
03 March 2021 Chris Williamson
Global economic growth accelerated in February, according to the worldwide PMI surveys conducted by S&P Global, with growth falling just short...
01 March 2021 Chris Williamson
Global manufacturing output growth accelerated in February to reach one of the fastest rates of expansion seen over the past decade. The improvement...
26 February 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global's latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report, please click on the 'Download Full Report'...
22 February 2021 Chris Williamson
Preliminary survey data on manufacturing conditions in February showed strong manufacturing growth in the US, Australia and eurozone, plus an...
22 February 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The Asia-Pacific manufacturing sector has shown a considerable upturn since the fourth quarter of 2020, with latest S&P Global manufacturing...
22 February 2021 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The week ahead sees fresh estimates of GDP in some major economies including the US, Germany and France, as well as some more up to date higher...
19 February 2021 Chris Williamson
While some countries are benefitting from looser virus containment measures, other countries that have taken additional measures to control the...
19 February 2021 Chris Williamson
The UK economy showed signs of steadying in February
19 February 2021 Chris Williamson
Ongoing COVID-19 lockdown measures dealt a further blow to the eurozone’s service sector in February, adding to the likelihood of GDP falling...
18 February 2021 Eliot Kerr
Given the integral role that trade plays in the global economy and the frequency of official trade data releases, export volume data have in...
17 February 2021 Sian Jones
S&P Global is introducing a new product offering in the form of combined expertise from our PMI™ and CIS (Comparative Industry Service) teams...
16 February 2021 Paul Smith, Ph.D.
January's Halifax House Price Index (HHPI) provided fresh evidence that the 2020 upturn in the housing market is running out of steam
15 February 2021 David Owen
The latest Price & Supply Monitor - a monthly report designed to track global commodity price pressures and supply shortages - saw higher prices...
05 February 2021 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global's latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report (including Special Reports) please click...
05 February 2021 Chris Williamson
The JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global) edged down for a third successive month in January
02 February 2021 Chris Williamson
Global manufacturing remained encouragingly resilient in January despite rising coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection rates and fresh...
01 February 2021 Rajiv Biswas
With world GDP forecast to rebound to positive growth of 4.4% y/y in 2021 after a contraction of 4.0% y/y in 2020, this is expected to provide...
29 January 2021 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global's latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report, please click on the 'Download Full Report'...
22 January 2021 Chris Williamson
UK economy faces double-dip recession as lockdown measures bite
22 January 2021 Chris Williamson
January fall in Eurozone flash PMI adds to double-dip recession risk
22 January 2021 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Week Ahead Economic Preview: Week of 25 January 2021
18 January 2021 David Owen
The UK manufacturing sector saw an increase in price pressures at the end of 2020, coinciding with a marked tightening in local and global supply...
18 January 2021 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global's latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report, please click on the 'Download Full Report'...
08 January 2021 Rajiv Biswas
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced a severe recession in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a strong economic recovery is expected...
08 January 2021 Chris Williamson
The JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global), edged down from 53.1 in November to 52.7 in December, its lowest since September
07 January 2021 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
With COVID-19 infections rising sharply in many countries, the focus will be on the path of the virus and extent to which economies will have...
06 January 2021 Chris Williamson
The pace of global economic growth slowed for a second successive month in December as further waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections...
04 January 2021 Chris Williamson
Global factory output and order book inflows continued to rise at some of the fastest rates seen over the past decade in December, according...
17 December 2020 Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global’s latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report (including Special Reports) please click...
17 December 2020
S&P Global’s flash PMI data indicated a narrowing divergence of economic trends among the major developed economies in December, linked largely...
16 December 2020 Chris Williamson
The UK economy returned to growth in December after the lockdown-driven downturn seen in November
16 December 2020 Chris Williamson
Eurozone business activity came close to stabilising in December, according to preliminary PMI data
16 December 2020 Chris Williamson
The Japanese economy saw a subdued end to 2020, according to preliminary PMI data, with falling service sector activity once again causing output...
16 December 2020 Chris Williamson
Business activity surged higher in Australia during December as lockdown measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 were relaxed. Business expectations...
11 December 2020 Lewis Cooper Andrew Harker
Major cities across the Americas suffered in particular during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic earlier in the year, but those...
11 December 2020 Chris Williamson
The global economic recovery hit a speed bump in November, as rising COVID-19 infections led to a renewed slowing of business activity
11 December 2020 Rajiv Biswas
The Asia-Pacific electronics industry, which is a significant part of the manufacturing sector for many East Asian economies, has shown a strong...
11 December 2020 David Owen
Global supply chains are facing resurfacing problems at the end of 2020
10 December 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The coming week sees policy meetings at no fewer than ten central banks, including the FOMC, plus a wealth of data releases which will help steer...
09 December 2020 David Owen
Previously unpublished sector data for Australia show output trends across six broad categories
09 December 2020 Annabel Fiddes
The latest KPMG and REC survey data, compiled by S&P Global, highlighted mixed hiring trends in November. A further drop in permanent placements...
04 December 2020 Chris Williamson
UK PMI data showed encouraging resilience amid renewed COVID-19 lockdown measures in November, suggesting the economy is set for a far smaller...
03 December 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The following is an extract from S&P Global’s latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report (including Special Reports) please click...
03 December 2020 Chris Williamson
The global economic recovery hit a speed bump in November, as rising COVID-19 infections led to a renewed slowing of business activity. But the...
01 December 2020 Chris Williamson
Global factory output and new orders rose in November at some of the fastest rates seen over the past decade as demand continued to revive from...
01 December 2020 Andrew Harker
The old adage that ‘no plan survives first contact with the enemy’ seems appropriate for this year. The invisible enemy of the coronavirus disease...
27 November 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Rahul Kapoor Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
Worldwide PMI surveys will provide fresh updates to global manufacturing and service sector business conditions, highlighting national and sector...
26 November 2020 Rajiv Biswas Rahul Kapoor
China-Australia trade tensions have escalated significantly during 2020, and S&P Global's PMI data show Australia's exports slumping
24 November 2020 Chris Williamson
S&P Global’s flash PMI data indicated divergent economic trends among the major developed economies in November, with accelerating growth in...
23 November 2020 Chris Williamson
The eurozone economy plunged back into a severe decline in November amid renewed efforts to quash the rising tide of coronavirus disease 2019...
23 November 2020 Chris Williamson
Renewed lockdown measures to contain a second wave of COVID-19 infections has caused the UK economy to slide back into contraction during November...
20 November 2020 Bernard Aw
The Japanese private sector economy continued its struggle to gain recovery momentum midway through the fourth quarter, with flash PMI survey...
20 November 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
Flash PMI surveys will provide important mid-quarter insights into the state of the Eurozone, UK and US economies. The surveys will provide the...
17 November 2020 Eliot Kerr
The PMI rankings for broad industry sectors in October revealed strong performances for Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods, each...
17 November 2020 Paul Smith, Ph.D.
Prior to the global pandemic, China’s GDP growth figures exhibited a noticeable degree of stability, with underlying growth tending to ease in...
17 November 2020 Chris Williamson
Brazil is leading the global manufacturing recovery, while Mexico continues to suffer an especially steep decline
17 November 2020
Latest PMI data signalled that the recovery of Canada’s manufacturing sector continued into October, but a second wave of coronavirus disease...