The final Markit manufacturing PMIs for October reinforce our view that global growth is holding up much better than many seem to fear. Indeed, the headline readings for the US, China, the euro-zone...

Data released so far indicate that the world economy held up fairly well in Q3, contrary to widely-held fears of a sharp deceleration. What’s more, global growth is likely to strengthen over the...

Monetary conditions remain highly accommodative in most advanced economies, notwithstanding the rise in corporate bond yields since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, broad monetary aggregates are...

Preliminary PMIs published by Markit today suggest that activity in advanced economies picked up in October. Claims that the world economy is in the throes of a broad-based downturn are clearly...