JHMI News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Industrials From 08/16/22

Total industrial production increased 0.6 percent in July after being unchanged in June. Over the past year, total industrial output is up 3.9 percent and is at an all-time high. Total vehicle assemblies rose to 11.04 million at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate. That consists of 10.7...

The first regional Fed manufacturing reading for the month of August which came from the NY Fed showed a massive slowdown in general business conditions. The index plummeted all the way down to a contractionary reading of -31.3, the fourth-lowest reading on record, the lowest reading ...

Compounding interpretation of the data now is the issue of the pandemic and the consequences of an ill-advised global economic shutdown. Some economists contend two quarters of negative GDP alone is not a sufficient indication of a recession. Certainly, some market sectors and ind...

Two economic reports from last week, attempting to measure essentially the same thing, reported results that were so different they could be about two different countries. The rising rate, rising dollar environment is intact. The 10 year Treasury rate is in a short-term downtrend but ...

Inflationary pressures in the worldwide factory sector moderated to the lowest for a year-and-a-half in July, according to the latest JPMorgan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global. July's PMI surveys showed the average price charged for goods rose world...

Output fell in the United States, Eurozone, UK and Japan, while mainland China saw a reduced rate of expansion and the rest of Asia as a whole likewise mustered only modest growth. The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index signaled stalled production in July. The worsenin...

The second quarter was dominated by negative market sentiment amid worries over skyrocketing inflation and the risks of a global recession. The broad market selloff over the past few months led almost all markets to finish the second quarter with negative returns in U.S. dollars and l...

The Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 52.8% in July, off 0.2 points from 53% in June (50 is neutral). The Production Index registered a 53.5% result in July, a drop of 1.4 points from June. The new export orders index,...

Institute for Supply Management's July Manufacturing Report's latest headline Purchasing Managers Index was 52.8, a decrease of 0.2 from 53 the previous month and in expansion territory. The U.S. manufacturing sector continues expanding - though slightly less so in July - as new order...

On the heels of a surprise 50-basis-point increase in the ECB’s target rate the FOMC will likely make good on another 75-basis-point increase in its target federal funds range. Governor Waller stated that he favored another 75-basis-point increase, as has St Louis Fed President...