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China's Manufacturing Activity Keeps Expanding

Jan 1, 2017

China's manufacturing activity expanded for a fifth month in December. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 51.4 in December, lower than 51.7 in November and staying above the 50-point boom-bust line for the fifth ...

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China's Manufacturing Activity Expands Slowly

May 1, 2016

China's manufacturing activity expanded for the second month in a row in April but at a slower pace, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 50.1 in April, slightly down from March's 50.2 and below ...

Tags: manufacturing activity, sub-index measuring production

Economic Indicators Signal Recovery of Economy

Apr 3, 2016

China's economy may have just come back for a recovery, recent economic indicators signaled. Latest data showed that China's manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since last August while non-manufacturing sector ...

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Air Freight Recovery Slow

Nov 12, 2015

Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...

Tags: Air Freight, world trade

China Manufacturing Activity Continues to Improve with an Important Index

Jun 3, 2015

China's manufacturing business activity continued improving in May, with an important index remaining in expansion territory, official data showed on Monday. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key measure of factory ...

Tags: Economy, Manufacturing

World Demand for Silicones to Rise 5.7% to $19.3 Billion in 2019

Jun 2, 2015

World demand for silicones is forecast to rise 5.7 percent per year to $19.3 billion in 2019. The pace of growth in value terms will be in line with that seen over the 2009-2014 period, largely due to an improved outlook for silicone ...

Tags: Silicones, World Demand

China's CPI Surges up to 0.8 Percent in January

Feb 12, 2015

Virtually all the indicators, from manufacturing activity to trade data, point to weakening. Expectations of an immanent reduction in the real interest rate have never been higher, despite the central bank's insistence on reining in ...

Tags: economic growth, trade data

China Makes Effort to Stabilize Yuan Amid Depreciation

Feb 5, 2015

China's central bank seems to have moved to stabilize the yuan despite mounting market sentiment that the currency has been toward the upper limit of its daily trading band for the past week. The reference rate the People's Bank of China ...

Tags: China's central bank, mounting market

China's Manufacturing Activity Weakens in Dec.

Jan 1, 2015

Chinese manufacturers signalled weaker growth momentum at the end of 2014, fresh evidence of headwinds facing the Chinese economy, a recent HSBC report showed. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index ...

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Global Demand for Industrial Silica Sand Is Forecast to Advance 5.5 Percent

Dec 31, 2014

Global demand for industrial silica sand is forecast to advance 5.5 percent per year to 291 million metric tons in 2018, with a value of $12.5 billion. Accelerations in construction spending and manufacturing output worldwide are expected ...

Tags: Silica Sand, glass

Aus Food Manufacturing Was One of Four Manufacturing Sub-Sectors to Expand in November

Dec 11, 2014

Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...

Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco

China's Service Sector Stabilizes Growth

Dec 5, 2014

China's non-manufacturing sector activity showed a slight improvement in November, as new export orders and employment added stabilizers to the economy. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector came in at 53.9 ...

Tags: Service Sector, PMI

The US PMI Fell to 54.8% in November

Dec 2, 2014

The ISM is the important data announced by the institute for supply management that leading indicator of economic health. According to ISM,business can quickly respond to market conditions. It can also reflect the degree of economic ...

Tags: PMI, economy

South Africa's Seasonally Adjusted GDP Increased by 1.4 Percent Quarter on Quarter

Nov 27, 2014

In the third quarter of the current year, South Africa's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.4 percent quarter on quarter, while the country's unadjusted GDP also increased by 1.4 percent compared to the same ...

Tags: gross domestic product, rubber products, plastic products

Demand for Protective Packaging Will Boost

Nov 9, 2014

The US market research firm said in its report – titled ‘World Protective Packaging’, that growth will represent a significant improvement over the performance during the 2008-2013 period, when demand lagged in many of the ...

Tags: Protective Packaging, Packaging

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