Insights

The October preliminary Markit PMIs for major economies were somewhat stronger, on balance, than September’s. The US is off its peak but still quite strong. The Eurozone recovered a bit, thanks to Germany is my guess, though the reading is still around the 50% expansion/contraction line.

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In Asia, Japan’s manufacturing PMI posted solid progress and China registered little change.

Overall, the preliminary PMI’s suggest to me no significant changes in global economic growth: Fairly strong in the US, moderate in Asia, weak but positive in Europe.

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