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Oct 5, 20163 min read

Global PMI Update

With the release of the September round of manufacturing PMIs there are some important macro themes, nascent trends, and investment...

Oct 3, 20161 min read

ChartBrief #17 PMI Trade Orders

This is a chart that appeared in the Weekly Macro Themes (for subscribers to the institutional service), which I thought I would provide...

Sep 23, 20162 min read

September flash PMIs

Here's a quick update on the September round of flash manufacturing PMIs from IHS Markit. The results were mostly positive with Europe up...

Sep 22, 20162 min read

ChartBrief #7 CPB Global Trade Trends

This ChartBrief looks at a really useful monthly series on global trade volumes that the CPB (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy...

Sep 22, 20161 min read

ChartBrief #5 Global Industrial Production

Welcome to the 5th Topdown Charts ChartBrief, today we look at trends in global industrial production growth (as a gauge for global...

Sep 21, 20163 min read

September SMI suggests slowing sales

One of the first surveys for September, the SMI (Sales Managers Index - kind of like the more popular PMI or Purchasing Managers Index),...

Sep 18, 20162 min read

Emerging markets quietly became the dominant component of the global economy

File this one in the "In Case You Missed It" folder, one of the most significant developments in the past 10 years for the global...