In February, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1 percent, down by 0.3 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.3 percent, kept at the ...
Oil futures settled lower Monday after extending an overnight slide that saw the front-month NYMEX crude contract trade below $90/barrel for the first time since December 26. NYMEX April crude settled 56 cents lower at $90.12/b, while ICE ...
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Australian stocks were lower early today after below-view Chinese manufacturing data, while Japanese shares took pause at the end of a violent week of trading. Chinese manufacturing data was the main data point today, with the official ...
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Australian manufacturing showed some tentative signs of improvement in February with the rate of contraction across the sector easing in the month. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that manufacturing output of February picked up where January left off: in a very good place. The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, was 54.2 in ...
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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the third consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 45th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.1 percent in February this year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
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China Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) on February has dropped to 50.4 point, the lowest in the successive month. January ended on 52.3. China Glass Complex Index is 1056.95 point on February 25, up 3 point. China Glass market confidence ...
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The Australian dollar has closed lower in response to weaker than expected Chinese data. At 5pm today, the currency was trading at 102.79 US cents, down from 103.13 cents on Friday. The Australian dollar touched its intraday low of ...
The Australian dollar softened yesterday after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data raised concerns over the momentum of recovery in the world's second-largest economy and Australia's biggest trading partner. The preliminary ...
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The sharemarket rose yesterday as defensive and high-yield stocks had broad-based gains after stronger-than-expected German business confidence data brightened the eurozone economic outlook and US earnings reports beat expectations. The ...
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In February this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) decreased to 50.4, indicating a four-month low and comparing to the final value of 52.3 recorded in January, as announced by the HSBC. The new ...
CUNA Mutual Group and the Arizona Department of Insurance (DOI), receiver for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co (PMI), have inked an agreement to support the future development of CMG Mortgage Insurance Company (CMG MI). Based on terms of the ...
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The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector eased at the start of 2013, as rates of decline in production and new orders both slowed, according to the Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI report. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing ...
In January this year, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of China’s steel sector declined to 49.3 percent, down 6.2 percentage points compared to the previous month, as announced by the China Steel Logistics Committee (CSLC) ...
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