Manufacturing sector PMI fell back into contraction amid weak orders and slowing production. Given a fairly strong positive correlation between the data, the disappointing PMI release sends a warning ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Business activity in Germany's private sector has contracted this month, hurt by service sector woes and trade-related uncertainty, although manufacturers are showing some resilience ...

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After reporting expansion following 16 months of contraction in March, the April Purchasing Manager’s Index of 49.2% indicates that manufacturing economic activity has dropped back into contraction.

Stocks and Treasury yields remained mostly lower after a round of closely watched economic data, including the March JOLTS report and the Institute for Supply Management's latest manufacturing ...

The services sector in New Zealand fell back into contraction during February, according to the BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). The PSI for February was 48.0 (A PSI reading above ...