The "flash" (preliminary) PMIs for 5 (i.e., for the USA, Euro Area, Japan, India and the UK) of the big 8 have been released. The GDP-weighted weighted average of the total for manufacturing and services fell a little in July.
Is this the beginning of an economic downturn? No. But as I've said before, the recovery could be sluggish:
- Central Banks have delayed cutting interest rates, because inflation isn't falling as fast as they'd like;
- China is sliding into recession (and even though China isn't included in the data shown below, it's big enough to affect the other economies);
- US fiscal stimulus from the IRA act is waning;
- the post-covid "revenge spending" in services is tailing off.
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