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Europe PMI Drops as Disaster Deepens Without Solutions

Posted: February 21, 2013 at 6:19 am

If ever there was a time for Europe to reconsider its move toward austerity as a means to balance national budgets and improve the perceived value of sovereign debt, it ...
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Eurozone Manufacturing Sector Ends Year in Steep Downturn

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 7:00 am

Markit issued its year-end eurozone PMI data. The summary of the report: Data collected 5–14 December. • Final Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 46.1 in December (flash estimate 46.3) • Downturn remains widespread, ...
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Europe Remains in Dire Economic Straits

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 7:05 am

Europe remains in deep economic trouble, judging by the Markit Eurozone PMI reading. Other data on unemployment and GDP is only confirms this information: The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index rose to 46.5 ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/5/2012)

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 6:47 am

China GDP Forecast for 2013 According to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), economic growth in the Asian nation could improve to 8.2% next year, compared to the estimated ...
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Eurozone PMI Slips in September

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 5:52 am

Fewer new orders and increasing layoffs marked a worsening decline for eurozone companies last month, diminishing hopes that the region's economy would return to growth in the fourth quarter. Markit's Eurozone Composite ...
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EU Double Dip Worsens: Eurozone PMI Still Weak — Markit

Posted: September 3, 2012 at 7:44 am

Research firm Markit reports and Eurozone PMI remained weak in August. The data show that most of Europe has dropped into a double dip recession. It raises the issue of whether weak economies like Spain ...
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Eurozone Manufacturing Falls for Seventh Straight Month

Posted: August 23, 2012 at 5:48 am

The Markit preliminary composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the eurozone indicated that services and manufacturing output in the region contracted for a seventh consecutive month in August. But the pace ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (6/5/2012) G7 and Spain, Corzine’s Reckoning

Posted: June 5, 2012 at 6:36 am

Top officials, including the finance ministers of the G7, have called an emergency meeting over the European sovereign debt crisis. Observers wonder whether these ministers can succeed where the European ...
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Europe PMI Contraction Follows China

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:26 am

China’s PMI was just above or just below the dead line, depending on whether an HSBC survey or official number from the People’s Republic is correct. China’s factory activity has stalled or is falling ...
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