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Summary Global manufacturing output fell for a sixth successive month in January, but the rate of decline showed welcome signs of moderating for a second successive month. The global manufacturing downturn showed signs of easing at the start of 2023, according to the latest PMI surveys ...
Summary International institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the OECD, have all warned of a downturn in the global economy commencing in the fourth quarter of last year and continuing in the early months of 2023. The fourth quarter of 2022 was indee...
Summary Weaker-than-expected PMI numbers in January underscore the risk of the UK slipping into recession. UK business activity fell for a sixth consecutive month in January, according to the flash PMI survey data. By sector, manufacturing continued to report the steeper downturn. ...
Summary The FTSE 250 fell by 20% in 2022 and it's down 22% from its mid-2021 high, so the UK mid-cap index is definitely in a bear market. At the end of 2022, the FTSE 250's CAPE ratio was 18.7. Over the last 30 years, the FTSE 250’s cyclically adjusted earnings have grown by...
Summary Sustainable Investment index returns in most markets have strayed quite markedly from those of their respective benchmarks over the past tumultuous year. Most UK SI strategies lagged the benchmark in 2022, with significant divergences across strategies, despite the UK strongly o...
Summary It will be a busy week filled with the first look at Q4 GDP, corporate earnings, and US debt ceiling gridlock. The EU flash PMIs early in the week will be of keen interest as investors continue to assess how much trouble the economy is in. While the UK PMIs would typically b...
Summary Three of the FTSE 100's largest sectors are healthcare, energy, and natural resources, which together make up more than a third of the index's value. A much better way to value companies and indices is to compare their current price to their average earnings over a number of yea...
Summary While the jobs market is a lagging indicator of economic strength, the resilience of both vacancy and redundancy numbers suggest the impact of the forthcoming recession on the jobs market will be more modest than in some past recessions. The number of people economically inactiv...
Summary Despite a better-than-expected November GDP figure, UK growth prospects look challenging. The jobs market was a commonly cited reason in the FT survey for potential UK underperformance this year, and there’s no doubt that Britain’s situation looks somewhat unique. ...
Summary The UK labour market continued to cool at the end of 2022, according to survey data compiled by S&P Global. Demand for staff has cooled sharply, reducing upward pressure on starting salaries such that pay growth is now broadly in line with its pre-pandemic five-year average....
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