Tag: PMI

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Factory activity in China shrinks in August for the fourth month running

  

  Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row, official data showed on Saturday, as the United States ramped up tariff pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazilian manufacturing sector picks up during the second quarter

  

  Brazil's manufacturing sector ended the second quarter on a stronger footing, avoiding slipping into contraction territory in June and breaking a three-month run of slowing growth, a survey of purchasing managers' activity on Monday showed.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Brazil's economy on an extremely slow start in the second quarter

  

  Brazil's economy got off to an extremely slow start in the second quarter, figures released showed, with activity in the all-important services sector contracting in April for the first time since September last year.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  UK's service sector stagnated in January: new orders fell for the first time in 30 months

  

  The UK's service sector stagnated last month, with new orders falling for the first time in two-and-a-half years, according to the IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI). The figures showed a reading of 50.1 in January lower than December's 51.2.