China PMI

China so far has given every appearance of a V-shaped recovery after officially getting a handle on the COVID-19 outbreak in February. Of course, at the time, the outlook was bleak. But, a month later, corporate expectations jumped back… Read More

Last Week’s Highlights China’s Consumer Prices Drop to a 5-month Low The latest consumer prices data from China released last week saw inflation easing to a five-month low in March. The declines were due to the COVID-19 outbreak which saw… Read More

Over the next few days, we get the release of all the PMIs from China. And this is going to be really interesting! PMIs are the most up-to-date fundamental data that the markets get. And this data was collected mostly last week.… Read More

China's PMI's are especially interesting this time around because it's the first survey since it became known that the US and China had tentatively reached an agreement about the ongoing trade war. Of course, it's not a done deal. In… Read More

Over the weekend and on Monday we have a couple of important economic events coming out of the Far East. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is a survey of company executives, asking how they see the current business situation and how… Read More

There is only one event on the economic calendar for China this week. However, it's of utmost importance and could influence quite a few currencies around the globe. In fact, it could impact not just currencies, but commodities and… Read More

The last week of April is setting up to start off with a bang! Recent press speculation has pointed to a date being set for Trump and Xi to sign an agreement that would put an end to the nearly year-long trade war. Meanwhile, we are… Read More

Many traders got to their desks at the start of the week with a pleasant surprise from Chinese data. Not only did the PMIs beat expectations, but they popped back up into expansion territory. This means they successfully ended a… Read More

One of the more anticipated data bits from this weekend is scheduled for release early on Sunday. This will be the official PMI data from China. With so much speculation around potential world economic weakness, the first insight into… Read More