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Record high job vacancies and low unemployment have led to the tightest labour market in at least two decades, in turn driving wage growth at a level rarely seen since 2008. This solid wage growth is...

The global economy expanded for a nineteenth straight month* in January, according to the JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Global PMI™ (compiled by IHS Markit), although the rate of expansion slowed to an...

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 activity around the world. But the same disruptions...

Both IHS Markit and ISM survey gauges showed the US manufacturing economy being hit by the surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant in January. However, the two surveys give markedly...

January global PMIs, US jobs data, BOE and ECB meetingsWorldwide manufacturing and services PMIs will be released in a busy week ahead filled with key economic data such as the US jobs report and...

Flash PMIs, FOMC, BoC meetings and US Q4 GDP dataFlash PMIs for January will be released next week while central bank meetings in the US and Canada unfold. The first US Q4 GDP reading will also be of...

UK inflation, employment data, BoJ meeting and China dataA 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...

The global economy expanded for an eighteenth straight month in December, according to the JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Global PMI™ (compiled by IHS Markit). The rate of expansion eased to a three-month...

The global economy slowed in December as rising COVID-19 case numbers dented the service sector expansion. The fresh virus wave comes at a time when the manufacturing sector is reporting an easing of...

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 of releases. Worldwide PMIs for December will be due as we...

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 in spending on services by households. Some brighter...

December flash PMIs will be released in a week packed with central bank meetings across the US, UK, eurozone, Japan and more. Other scheduled economic releases include US retail sales, UK inflation...

Worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs will be released next week for a detailed look into November economic conditions. The turn of the month also brings the US jobs report for November and...

IHS Markit releases flash PMIs for November in a week packed with economic data releases. Noteworthy updates include Q3 GDP from the US, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan and Singapore. Meanwhile October...

Worldwide manufacturing and services PMIs will be released in the coming week for a detailed look into economic conditions into the start of Q4. Central bank meetings will meanwhile be in abundance...

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 of Q3 growthviaGDP prints from the US and the...