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2024-06-24 10:40:00 ET Summary June flash PMI survey data showed the G4 major developed economies expanding for a seventh successive month in June. US saw strong economic growth, while Europe and Japan experienced slowdowns, with varying factors contributing to the divergences. ...

2024-06-24 08:20:00 ET Summary Ten-year Treasury yields traded this week at the lowest level since March. The market closed Friday pricing a 4.85% policy rate at the Fed’s December meeting, implying two rate cuts (48 bps). For the Week:The S&P 500 added 0.6% (up 14....

2024-06-24 00:30:00 ET Summary Japan's private sector growth ground to a halt in June. Higher headcounts in the manufacturing sector supported the expansion in production. The latest decline in the au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Composite PMI is exhibiting congruence with the recen...

2024-06-23 12:30:00 ET Summary While the Bank of Canada and the European Central Bank cut interest rates in June, the Federal Reserve decided to keep rates steady. While the European Union is in the throes of political uncertainty, the UK appears to have significant political cert...

2024-06-14 08:40:00 ET Summary Japan has been struggling for some time to generate enough velocity in inflation to escape the gravitational pull of deflation. The story for the rest of 2024 and into 2025 is now centered on whether inflation will be sustained at the BOJ’s 2%...

2024-06-07 10:15:00 ET Summary In March, the Bank of Japan abolished its 8-year-old negative interest rate policy, hiking rates for the first time in 17 years by raising its benchmark rate to 0-0.1%. To combat inflation while also avoiding an excessive surge in interest payments, ...

2024-06-06 06:40:00 ET Summary Average prices charged for goods and services rose worldwide at a slightly increased rate in May, reflecting persistently elevated services price increases combined with accelerating price growth in manufacturing. Worldwide PMI survey data compiled b...

2024-06-05 09:40:00 ET Summary At 50.9, the Global Manufacturing PMI recorded above 50.0 neutral mark for a fourth straight month in April. The latest data signalled an ongoing steady improvement of the global manufacturing economy so far in 2024 after almost one and a half years ...

2024-06-04 04:30:00 ET Summary Taiwan has clearly established its dominance in semiconductor manufacturing, particularly in logic chips. As the AI revolution increasingly demands advanced systems capable of storing vast amounts of data, South Korea has fortified its position in th...

2024-05-31 09:20:00 ET Summary We’d rather downplay the weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and focus on a solid recovery in retail sales and a reacceleration in inflation, which will be welcomed by the Bank of Japan. Inflation has been quite choppy due to various gover...