China PMI

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

The Chinese Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI printed its third consecutive negative month in February at 49.9. Once again, this highlighted the damaging impact of the US/China trade war. Although negative, it was slightly better than the… Read More

The next major data from China to hit the markets is scheduled for Thursday at 02:00 CET (or Wednesday at 20:00 EST) which is the official NBS manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for January. This could give us some volatility… Read More

Following far weaker than expected December manufacturing data, which highlighted the negative impact of the trade war, import and export data for the month has now indicated further weakness. Chinese exports fell 4.4% year over year… Read More

Australia's trade balance data is one of the five monthly events that routinely pushes the currency, but lately, it has been developing into the trendsetter. Data for the month of December is expected to be released at 19:30 EST (or 01:30… Read More