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The following is an extract from IHS Markit's monthly PMI overview presentation. For the full report please click on the link at the bottom of the article.Global business reports best order book...
Next week sees December Flash PMI releases, providing insights into the health of the US, eurozone and Japanse economies at the end of the fourth quarter.The US Fed, ECB and Bank of England meet to...
The US jobs report for November was released on Friday. Although the headline non-farm payrolls number came in significantly better than expected at 228,000 jobs added in November against a prior...
Europe The U-turn in the pound has pushed the FTSE 100 higher and it has now exceeded its eurozone equivalents. At the start of the session, sterling was gaining ground on the back of the announcement...
Pause signalledAs we head into the release of always closely watched monthly U.S. jobs data, markets are particularly looking for confirmation of the stabilisation in hiring activity seen in October,...
The pound has moved higher today following reports that the UK may soon move on to Brexit trade talks with the EU. Despite recent indecision, Sterling is in fact on track for a fifth successive weekly...
The pound’s Brexit breakthrough gains began to peter out pretty quickly this Friday, as investors looked down the long road that lay ahead.While it is still at a 6 month high against the euro,...
European Commission to Recommend Moving onto Phase Two of Brexit Negotiations;· Buy the Rumour, Sell the Fact - Sterling Dips on Brexit Announcement; · Bitcoin Slides 10% as Crazy...
The UK and the EU have made sufficient progress in the Brexit talks, and now they can move on the trade aspect of the negations. The political mood has been lifted, but the FTSE 100 is underperforming...
This morning, finally the EU and UK have come to an agreement over the Irish border, meaning that along with the divorce bill an overall agreement has now been made and talks can move onto...
After a week of Brexit blunders, news that the UK and EU have made ‘sufficient progress’ in their phase one negotiations – crucially including a DUP-pleasing deal to avoid a hard...
Overnight, China posted the trade data for November, and imports grew by 17.7%%, up from 17.2% in October. Exports also saw an acceleration in growth as they grew by 12.3%, and that compared with the...
Japanese growth remained robust in November, setting the scene for another solid quarter at the end of the year, according to the latest Nikkei PMI survey. The survey’s sub-indices showed that...
The latest Europe Sector PMI® data from IHS Markit showed surging output across a range of manufacturing sectors in November. Chemicals recorded the fastest expansion in production since the...
Europe Stocks in Europe got off to a positive start, but the positive momentum ran out of steam, although the DAX and CAC 40 are now off the lows of the session. European equity markets haven’t...