UK’s Latest Data Boost to GBP

by Ashraf Laidi

Sep 2, 2013 18:56

UK August manufacturing PMI hit a 30-month high at 57.2, marking the 5^th monthly rise, an improving streak not seen since 1994. The 57.2 figure exceeds all other major economies' services PMIs, which currently stand at 55.4, 51.8, 51.4 and 51.0 for the US, Germany, Eurozone (composite) and China.  The same story applies for services PMI. Full charts & analysis

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Act	Exp	Prev	GMT
PMI Manufacturing
57.2	55.0	54.8	Sep 02 8:28
PMI Manufacturing
57.2	55.2	54.8	Sep 02 8:30
PMI Construction (AUG)
	56.9	57.0	Sep 03 8:30
PMI
50.1	50.2	50.1	Sep 02 1:45
PMI (AUG)
		54.1	Sep 03 1:00
Spanish PMI Manufacturing
51.1	50.1	49.8	Sep 02 7:15
PMI Manufacturing
51.4	51.3	51.3	Sep 02 7:58
Final PMI Manufacturing [F]
51.4	51.3	51.3	Sep 02 8:00
PMI Manufacturing
51.8	52.0	52.0	Sep 02 7:53

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