The latest PMIs highlight some notworthy trends on the local, national and global economy, and this slide pack explores them in more detail.

They include:

• Global output growth hits a 13-mth high
• Growth accelerates in UK, Japan, Russia, France & RoI
• Chinese PMI hits highest level (53.5) since Mar-13
• Eurozone composite PMI (54.4) hits highest level in >5½ yrs
• Brazil (45.2) & India (47.6) composite PMIs signal contraction
• Global input price inflation hits a 63-mth high
• Developed & Emerging Market manufacturing PMIs hit 30-mth & 29-mth highs
• UK output growth accelerates to a 17-mth high (56.4)
• RoI business activity accelerates to a 6-mth high (57.2)
• NI firms report fastest rate of growth (58.7) in almost 2½yrs
• NI retail sales hit a record high of 67.8
• NI retailers also raising prices at a record rate