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The euro area’s pace of economic growth lost a little momentum in the third quarter, despite the additional central bank stimulus seen so far this year and a weakened, competitive, currency. The...

Industrial production in the euro area fell 0.3% in September, according to official data, piling additional pressure on policymakers to inject more stimulus to tackle the region’s economic...

The JPMorgan (N:JPM) Global PMI™, compiled by Markit, regained some poise after slipping to a nine-month low in September, rising to 53.4. However, the survey merely signals a rate of worldwide...

The UK labour market continued to tighten in September as unemployment fell more than expected and employment rose sharply. Pay growth remained surprisingly weak, however, despite further evidence of...

Global economic growth ticked higher in October, with robust expansions in the US, UK, eurozone and Japan accompanied by an improved performance in China. However, whereas the recent data flow has...

The rate of economic growth rebounded in October, rising from the near two-and-a-half year low seen at the end of the third quarter, according to PMI survey data.The all-sector PMI rose to a...

Global manufacturing started the fourth quarter showing tentative signs of renewed life.Global factory output The JPMorgan (N:JPM) Global Manufacturing PMI™, compiled by Markit, rose from 50.7...

China’s manufacturing economy started the fourth quarter on a firmer footing, with the sector still in decline but the rate of contraction easing amid a stabilising of export sales.Here are five...

Worldwide PMI results will provide data watchers with the first available information on economic trends in the closing quarter of 2015. In the UK, the Bank of England announces its latest monetary...

The UK economy lost growth momentum in the third quarter, weakening more than expected according to market expectations but in line with the survey data.The third quarter slowdown, and warning lights...

The euro area economic upturn regained some momentum at the start of the fourth quarter, but rates of expansion and job creation remain at levels that are likely to disappoint policymakers and, in the...

A deepening emerging market downturn led global economic growth lower in September, according to worldwide PMI survey data.Global economic growth The JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Global PMI, compiled by...

Brazil saw stagflationary pressures intensify in September, adding to the dilemma facing the central bank. PMI data showed that the country to have remained in a severe slump with its recession...

The rate of UK economic growth slowed to a two-and-a-half year low in September, according to PMI survey data, suggesting that the economy sank further into a soft patch at the end of the third...

The Nikkei PMI surveys, compiled by Markit, signalled the weakest expansion of business activity for five months in September as growth slowed in both manufacturing and services.The surveys...

UK manufacturing continued to languish at the end of the third quarter amid near-stagnant exports, weak business investment and waning consumer demand. Firms started to scale back employment levels...