December 2013

Markit economics suggest that UK manufacturing reached a 19 year high in November, as the USA PMI jumps to the highest level since January

It’s becoming increasingly tricky to know how to fairly and dispassionately judge the various sentiment surveys from Markit economics. On Monday they suggested that the UK’s manufacturing orders have reached a 19 year high and that the manufacturers in the UK are employing an extra 5,000 each month. As a consequence analysts in the UK

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Eurozone manufacturing recovery continues but without France and Spain

There has been a raft of PMIs printed this morning beginning with the HSBC sponsored Markit Economic data which held at its expansion level of 51.4. The EZ modest recovery looks to be continuing with the manufacturing PMI up a few ticks from October’s reading. Spain and France didn’t fair too we’ll with Spain’s manufacturing

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