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