Showing posts with label China PMI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China PMI. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Beijing may question the yuan peg as the Fed prepares for liftoff

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Today's ISM non-manufacturing report showed US services sector expansion considerably stronger than economists had anticipated. The st...
Monday, May 5, 2014

5 indicators pointing to persistent economic weakness in China

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China continues to pose a significant risk to global economic expansion. The country is close to becoming the world's largest economy ...
Friday, February 21, 2014

4 signs of economic slowdown in China

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The thesis of China facing weaker nearterm economic growth is widely accepted at this point.  Moreover, the slowdown in the nation's m...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Eurozone manufacturing expansion accelerates; risks remain

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We've had some significant moves in the currency markets this morning. In particular, the euro rose quite sharply on the back of some ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

More bad news on China's economy

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The widely followed Markit PMI report of China's manufacturing for July was disappointing, coming in at an 11 months low. Source: ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

China's economy: new warning signs

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China's consumer confidence declined sharply in May to 99.0 from 103.7 in April. Of course household spending in China represents only...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

China's short-term rates spike to multi-year highs; SHIBOR and repo curves become inverted

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China's interbank rates have unexpectedly spiked last week as the SHIBOR curve (China's LIBOR equivalent) became highly inverted. ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

China' weak credit transmission

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China is awash with liquidity. New domestic bank loans have seen some of the strongest growth in years and broad money supply is increasin...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The slowdown in economic activity is right on schedule - for the 4th year in a row

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The "spring slowdown" is here again. As discussed earlier ( see post ), the previous three years saw a strong start in the US, f...
Monday, December 31, 2012

China's economic stabilization is now reflected in the equity market

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China's business surveys continue to show stabilization in economic activity. The ISI Group's seasonally adjusted MNI Survey index...
Friday, December 14, 2012

China's market responds to improving PMI; institutions getting involved

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HSBC China PMI shows that manufacturing continued to expand in December. The rate of expansion is still low, but consider the fact that th...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Positive numbers out of China providing some support to risk assets

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Risk assets are surprisingly stable at the open on Sunday night, in spite of the news out of Europe ( see post ). Key development providin...