The latest PMI highlights many noteworthy trends on the local, national and global economy from January 2017. This slide pack explores them in more detail. Continue reading
Slide pack
Local, national and international PMIs
The latest PMIs highlight some notworthy trends on the local, national and global economy, and this slide pack explores them in more detail. Continue reading
PMI slidepack
Slide pack for the Ulster Bank Northern Ireland PMI, October 2016, including analysis of global, Eurozone, UK, UK Regions, NI and Republic of Ireland economic performance by sector.
Negative Interest Rate Anarchy in the UK?
These are the slides from a presentation to the Personal Finance Society’s Continue reading
Warning light: 3rd year of new car sales stagnation up ahead
2015 and 2016 have certainly been the year of the consumer. Low or no inflation coupled with notable wage growth and favourable tax changes (e.g. raising the personal allowance income tax threshold) have all boosted disposable incomes. Continue reading
PMI slidepack – March 2016
Includes analysis of Global, Eurozone, UK, UK Regions, NI & Republic of Ireland economic performance by sector.
Read more about the March PMI here.
Presentation to Guild of Agri Journalists
What a difference a year makes. As you will see in this presentation – delivered to members of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists – there have been some big economic changes in the past year, and many of them have not favoured the agri-food industry. The presentation also touches on the latest Ulster Bank Ulster Fry Index, which you can read more about here.
NI business output growth at 16-month high
Today sees the release of January data from the Ulster Bank Northern Ireland PMI®. The latest report – produced for Ulster Bank by Markit – pointed to faster rates of growth for output, new orders and employment in the Northern Ireland private sector, with activity increasing at the sharpest pace since September 2014. Meanwhile, the rate of cost inflation remained marked but firms were only able to increase their output prices at a marginal pace.
NI firms increase staffing levels as business activity increases
The Ulster Bank Northern Ireland PMI for December is released today. Here is a snapshot of the findings. You can download the full report at the end of this post.
Fastest rise in employment for 14 months
The latest Ulster Bank NI PMI has been released.
For those who don’t know, the PMI is a monthly survey of carefully selected companies. It provides an advance indication of what is happening in the private sector economy by tracking variables such as output, new orders, employment and prices.
Here are the main points: