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Although October’s manufacturing PMI has inched up from its September low, 42.1 is a level that …
Category: Chart of the week
United-States: Fed balance sheet rebuild is not more QE
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Having allowed its balance sheet to gradually shrink since the start of 2018, the Federal Reserve …
Eurozone: is the 2% inflation target a step towards macroeconomic instability?
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The ECB aims to keep inflation close to, but below, 2%. This is a symmetric objective, …
UK set to avoid a recession (so far)
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The UK’s monthly GDP estimate for August, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics, indicates …
United States: A strikingly similar picture to 2016
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September’s ISM indices were all but encouraging. The manufacturing ISM fell from 49.1 to 47.8, a …
China: Mixed signals from the economy
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August’s economic data, which were published on September 16th, fell short of expectations. While markets had …
