25 September 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
Highlights of the coming week includes US non-farm payrolls, worldwide manufacturing PMI surveys and the first of the US presidential debates....
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25 September 2020 Xizhou Zhou Jenny Nguyen Yang
In a recent announcement to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed China to a carbon-neutral future, to be achieved by 2060....
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25 September 2020 David Jesson
Could 2020 signal the start of a technology revolution? The global events of the year has impacted the financial services industry to an extent...
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24 September 2020 Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
Our country risk team provides a snapshot of the events shaping country risk in October.
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24 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
So far in September, more than 700,000 b/d have been shipped from US ports to China, with estimates that volumes could even surpass 800,000 b/d...
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24 September 2020 Brian Lawson
Zambia is seeking bondholder consent to miss three interest payments starting this October.
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24 September 2020 Kaushik Mitra
The European Council, as part of the COVID-19 recovery package, adopted a proposal to levy a plastic tax effective 1 January 2021.
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24 September 2020 Chris Williamson
IHS Markit’s flash PMI surveys for the ‘G4’ developed economies indicated that the pace of economic growth slowed at the end of the third quarter...
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24 September 2020 Alex Golbin
Assessing vendor risk is a key topic for many enterprises, seeking fit for purpose solutions to get the job done. Over 60% of data breaches coming...
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24 September 2020 Chris Fenske
The major European and APAC equity markets closed lower, while US markets were modestly higher after starting the day in negative territory....
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23 September 2020 Chris Fenske
European equity markets closed higher, while APAC was mixed and the US sharply lower. iTraxx closed slightly wider across IG/high yield, while...
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23 September 2020 Bernard Aw
Business activity in Japan’s private sector continued to decline in September, according to the flash PMI data, setting the scene for further...
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23 September 2020 Bernard Aw
Flash PMI data showed signs of stabilisation of the Australian private sector economy at the end of the third quarter, with activity and sales...
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23 September 2020
Webcast: US Poultry Market Implications of the COVID-19 Epidemic
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23 September 2020 Chris Williamson
The UK economy lost some of its bounce in September, as the initial rebound from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns showed signs of...
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23 September 2020 Chris Williamson
Business activity stalled across the eurozone in September, albeit with increasingly divergent trends by sector and country. Faster growth of...
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22 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and India have dominated jet fuel flows to Europe, accounting for almost half of the volumes shipped to Europe. The seasonality...
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22 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and India have dominated jet fuel flows to Europe, accounting for almost half of the volumes shipped to Europe. The seasonality...
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22 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and India have dominated jet fuel flows to Europe, accounting for almost half of the volumes shipped to Europe. The seasonality...
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22 September 2020 Mr. William May
Astronomic lumber prices have corrected 25%, pulling our MPI lower despite broad gains elsewhere
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22 September 2020 Tom Libby Kristen Balasia Anoop Desai
Automotive monthly newsletter and podcast
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22 September 2020 Chris Fenske
US equity markets closed higher on the day, while APAC markets were lower and Europe was mixed. European government bonds closed mixed and US...
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21 September 2020 Mark Bennett
Mark Bennett, Director of Compliance Analytics, recently participated on a panel that brought together some of the deepest visionaries in the...
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21 September 2020 Kirston Winters
After the recent uptick in EuroSTR (a.k.a. €STR) volumes in late July driven by the major CCPs switching from using EONIA to EuroSTR for discounting...
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21 September 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the last two months, the spot natural gas price at the Henry Hub has shot up by nearly 42%, and futures prices have gained even more sharply—and...
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21 September 2020 Yanyu He, Ph.D Sen Yang Darryl Rogers
China’s fast-rising ethylene demand has spurred a corresponding boom in domestic ethylene production capacity
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21 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Global equity markets closed lower across all regions, with European markets coming under considerable pressure given the rapid rise in COVID-19...
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18 September 2020 Chris Fenske
APAC equity markets closed mixed on the day, while major US and European indices closed lower. iTraxx and CDX indices closed slightly wider...
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18 September 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
The coming week sees flash PMI surveys released for the US, Eurozone, Japan, UK and Australia, which will provide the first insights into how...
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18 September 2020 Brian Lawson
This week’s highlight was the arrangement of successful debut ESG deals by seven borrowers, alongside further airline-sector debt and equity...
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18 September 2020 Margaret Labban, Ph.D. Floriane Reinaud Cameron Lockwood
President Trump's most-favored-nation order could cut high-cost drug prices by over 80%
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18 September 2020 Steve Gillman
Article: Sustainability Focus - Can the EU cut deforestation from its agri-food sector
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18 September 2020 Silvia Macri Raul Timponi
Small-scale customers in residential and commercial segments, as well as industrial consumers and municipalities, are exerting pressure on South...
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18 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
According to IHS Markit Commodities at Sea, crude oil shipments to China dropped to 7.6 million b/d so far in the first half of September, compared...
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18 September 2020
Farmers apply biostimulant products to crop seeds, to soil, or as a foliar spray, to improve yield and or quality. Confusingly, biostimulants...
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18 September 2020 Brian Matt Andreas Posavac
Why the capital markets will drive the recovery — the cross-sectoral evidence of a structural change
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17 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Global equity markets closed lower across each region, while US and European benchmark government bonds were modestly higher on the day. iTraxx...
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17 September 2020 Phil Amsrud
Given the extensive investments by OEMs and tier 1s in Arm core-based hardware-software architectures, and Arm’s extensive CPU IP expertise...
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17 September 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
As COVID-19 continues to cast a cloud on industries around the world, the utility scale PV segment in the United states has continued to grow...
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17 September 2020 Michael Miller
IHS Markit analyzed how Investor Relations can be a competitive advantage for a public company
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17 September 2020
Webcast: Price Outlook Implications in the US Soy Markets
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16 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Global equity markets closed mixed across each region, with the US trading session ending the day with a brief surge in volatility driven by...
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16 September 2020 Mr. William May
Some indices roll over after strong rallies, perhaps signalling a pause in the commodities rebound
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16 September 2020 Drew Bobesink Barclay Gibbs
How does a case with deep decarbonization alter the performance outlook for various power sector technologies? Using our North American Power...
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16 September 2020 Sandra Boga
Interview: “To get financing to cocoa farmers, you need to organize the data”
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16 September 2020 Mateusz Mynarski Dr. Marie Lechler
Our experts utilize novel data collection to track economics recovery (among other things) via high frequency signals from news articles
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16 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
OPEC has revised down its forecast for global oil demand by another 400,000 b/d this year. The cartel now expects consumption to decline by 9.5...
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16 September 2020 Chris Williamson
The latest official data signalled a deteriorating labour market up to July, with redundancies rising at the sharpest rate since 2009 as job...
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16 September 2020 Dr. Christoph Berg
The climate change debate is leading to an increased interest in renewable fuels. COVID-19 has not changed that. All around the world, governments...
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16 September 2020
Exciting Changes to IHS Markit’s North America Coal Coverage
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15 September 2020 Chris Fenske
European and US equity markets closed higher across both regions, while APAC closed mix. iTraxx and CDX indices were tighter across IG and high...
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15 September 2020 Sam Huntington Duncan Anderson Barclay Gibbs
When evaluating potential project sites early in the development cycle, energy storage developers are faced with a difficult question: how to...
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15 September 2020 Keerti Rajan John Raines, Ph.D. Dr. Laurence Allan Anna Boyd
What does it mean for geopolitical security when three key global players - the US, China and European Union (EU) - turn inwards to focus on...
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15 September 2020 Dalibor Gogic
Year-on-year, for the first eight months of this year total major grain exports to China including soybeans is lower by about 14%.
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15 September 2020 Chris Williamson
The Eurozone’s manufacturing upturn is showing signs of losing momentum after the initial rebound from COVID-19 lockdowns, with rising infection...
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14 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Most APAC and all major US equity markets closed higher on the day, while European markets were mixed. iTraxx and CDX indices closed modestly...
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14 September 2020
As the global automotive industry recovers from the unparalleled COVID-19 disruption, questions remain surrounding consumer expectations, behaviors...
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14 September 2020 Eliot Kerr
The latest release of the BLOM Lebanon PMI® pointed to a substantial contraction in output across the private sector midway through the third...
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14 September 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Rates jumped to more than USD 24,000 per day on 11th September once first rumours started to spread around a potential second wave of interest...
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11 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Global equity markets closed mixed across each region, with the US markets having a particularly volatile day. European credit indices were wider...
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11 September 2020 Thea Fourie Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
While emergency financing from the IMF to cope with the direct and ancillary effects of COVID-19 are agreed to, what about additional supports...
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11 September 2020 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford Carolyn Seto
Understanding methane's role in GHG emissions
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11 September 2020
IHS Markit's Perception Analytics team engages in in-depth discussions with investors and analysts daily. Given recent market volatility and...
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11 September 2020 Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
The following is an extract from IHS Markit's latest Week Ahead Economic Preview. For the full report (including Special Reports) please click...
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11 September 2020 Stephanie Rivera Ha Nguyen
Never in the history of the industry has output from a former major producing country fallen so low
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10 September 2020 Chris Fenske
European and APAC equity markets closed mixed, while US markets closed lower on the day. European benchmark government bonds were mixed, while...
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10 September 2020
Based on a survey of over 300 global IROs, we present our findings on Management Participation in Corporate Access Events.
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10 September 2020
The uncertainty that surrounds the industry given the pandemic crisis makes it important to understand what the future may hold.
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10 September 2020 Stefan Schlag Leon Beraud, Ph.D. Dr. Stefan Mueller
Assuming no second wave of COVID-19, industry sources anticipate that biocides used in disinfection will normalize in the second half of 2021...
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10 September 2020 Deeksha Wason
Pakistan’s National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) released the Draft Indicative Generation and Capacity Expansion Plan 2047, within...
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10 September 2020 Brian Lawson
Record Asian share sales and multiple bond issuance successes indicate that risk appetite remains strong despite US tech-sector correction.
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09 September 2020 Chris Fenske
US and European equity markets closed higher across both regions on the heels of Tuesday’s major selloff, while APAC markets were all lower on...
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09 September 2020 James Kelly
Home construction and home sales surge in the South and West while weakened travel and tourism plus virus and childcare concerns restrain hiring...
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09 September 2020 Drew Bobesink Barclay Gibbs
There are striking differences across regions in how the captured price of solar generators reacts to increasing battery penetrations.
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09 September 2020 Mr. William May
An overheating equity market corrected sharply last week but all commodities, save oil, were unaffected, marching higher
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08 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Most APAC equity markets closed higher, while European markets closed lower after being down for most of the trading session and US markets closed...
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08 September 2020
Monthly style and specialty model performance report.
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08 September 2020 Joel Prakken, Ph.D. Chris Varvares
Monthly US data position Q3 for strong growth and we expect “bounce and fade” until vaccine is available in 2021
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08 September 2020
IHS Markit looks at constrained and increasingly competitive market conditions, and lay out where are the greatest opportunities to maximize...
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08 September 2020
Between 2018-2019, utilization rates at the Malaysia LNG (MLNG) complex have fallen to between 80-90%, a decrease from the high utilization rate...
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08 September 2020 Guneet Kaur Dhingra Andrei Utkin
Nearly 1GW worth of new additions was commissioned last year to reach a total global installed base of 15.4GW by the end of 2019, around 5% of...
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08 September 2020 Sam Pierson
Monthly Securities Finance Update for August 2020
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08 September 2020 Chris Williamson
Global growth accelerates, but virus worries cloud outlook
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07 September 2020 Sandeep Sayal Louise Vertz
As markets begin to find a new balance, refiners will be tasked with not just redesigning production profiles in the medium term, but weighing...
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07 September 2020 Rina Quijada, Ph.D.
The impact of lower crude oil prices on production cost and competitiveness of the petrochemical industry in Latin America
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07 September 2020 Mike Wiman
Mexico usually carries a trade surplus with the US, exporting more than it imports from its northern neighbor. For the first 30 weeks of the...
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07 September 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
The trend in the PMI is clear and consistent within Q2 of 2020 showing a gradual improvement in market confidence from May onwards and continuing...
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07 September 2020 Chris Williamson
IHS Markit’s PMI surveys indicated a strengthening of global economic growth in August, with a broadening out of the recovery by sector evident....
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07 September 2020
IHS Markit and Tokyo Stock Exchange to Combine Data, Creating a Unique Japanese Securities Finance Data Set
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07 September 2020 Rahul Sharma
Risky assets generally did well over August across the globe, supported by improving market sentiment that was largely driven by vaccine optimism....
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07 September 2020 Rahul Sharma
Stock markets made headlines with their continued rally this month against a supportive economic backdrop signaling recovery. The S&P 500 and...
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07 September 2020 Rahul Sharma
The social and economic impact of COVID-19 continue to be felt across Asia, but that has not stopped Asia USD bonds from advancing. The overall...
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07 September 2020 Daejin Lee
Once the surge in pent-up demand is satisfied and the boost to apparent consumption from inventory restocking is complete, growth may fade, exposing...
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04 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Equity markets closed lower across the globe, as yesterday’s US tech selloff carried over into APAC markets today and another sharp decline after...
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04 September 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
After signs from the latest business surveys that the global recovery accelerated in August as economies continued to open up after COVID-19...
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04 September 2020
The next round of USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and prospects for aid to farmers affected by the recent derecho and Hurricane...
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04 September 2020
On Wednesday night (26 August), Phil Hogan resigned as European Commissioner for Trade following public outcry that he broke COVID-19 social...
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04 September 2020
As of August 2020, Wolfsberg Group has released a statement encouraging authorities to adopt the FATF guidelines in accordance to mitigating...
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04 September 2020
The Scottish Parliament adopted the Agriculture Bill for ‘Retained EU Law and Data’ following a debate on 26 August.
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04 September 2020
Projecting crop production and yield is critical when understanding supply and demand and price direction.
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03 September 2020 Chris Fenske
A significant and unexpected sell off in US tech companies drove all major US and most European equity markets lower on the day, while APAC markets...
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03 September 2020
We review factor performance in August 2020.
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03 September 2020 Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) must select a shortlist of candidates to replace Ricardo Azevêdo. Who will be backed and what are their policy...
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03 September 2020 Ying Ting Lew Joo Yeow Lee
Southeast Asia is a very attractive market for renewable energy, owing to its rich renewable resources and surging energy consumption.
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03 September 2020 Chris Williamson
The worldwide PMI surveys indicated a further strengthening of global economic growth in August
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03 September 2020 Chris Williamson
The worldwide PMI surveys indicated a further strengthening of global economic growth in August as countries continued to recover from COVID-19...
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03 September 2020 Byron McKinney
A joint advisory document has been released by three US government departments regarding North Korea’s ballistic missile procurement activity....
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03 September 2020 Yingzhi Zhang
China is UK's third largest import trade partner in recent years holding steady at 9% market share. While trade talks around 'Brexit' mostly...
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03 September 2020 Ines Nastali
Fewer scrubbers and ballast water management systems (BWMS) will be installed in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to this year’s Maritime Compliance...
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03 September 2020
We have partnered with BondCliQ to embed US corporate bond pricing content and interactive functionality within thinkFolio, our leading multi-asset...
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03 September 2020
Sanjiv Rana talks with Syngenta’s manager, agronomic risk mitigation, Peter Steiner, about AgriClime - the company’s weather-related risk sharing...
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03 September 2020 Chris Williamson
Service sector companies across the eurozone saw growth of business activity grind almost to a halt in August, fueling worries that the post-lockdown...
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02 September 2020 Chris Fenske
European and US equity markets closed higher, while APAC markets closed mixed. Oil and gold closed lower on the day, as the US dollar rallied...
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02 September 2020 Siqi He Edurne Zoco, Ph.D.
Chinese polysilicon price has risen by 65% from a historically low level in June 2020.There are three factors that explain this dramatic surge...
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02 September 2020 Mr. William May
Markets focus on the accommodative Fed rather than growing second waves of COVID-19
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02 September 2020
Canned tuna consumption has increased worldwide for the first half of the year. Major global industries managed to honour contracts while production...
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02 September 2020
The Living Income Differential (LID) was set to be the game changer for West African cocoa this season. However, with the arrival of Covid-19...
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01 September 2020 Chris Fenske
Today’s torrent of economic data releases out of Europe and APAC was received with mixed results across regions. US equity markets closed higher...
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01 September 2020 Kathleen Navin, CBE Ben Herzon, Ph.D.
According to our Monthly GDP Index, monthly GDP rose 1.9% in July.
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01 September 2020 Shan Xue Logan Reese
Coal-fired power has been the core power supply in Australia’s National Energy Market (NEM) in terms of both installed capacity and generation....
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01 September 2020 Chris Williamson
Global manufacturing output rose at the fastest rate for over two years in August as the world’s factories continued to recover from COVID-19...
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01 September 2020
Germany gave more details of its Green Bond debut in September: media reports suggest this will be a 10-year benchmark for up to EUR6 billion....
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01 September 2020 Milena Izmirlieva Jing Zhang
With a spend of USD 8.3 trillion this year and 8.8 trillion in 2021 economic contractions will be offset by increased government healthcare funding...
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01 September 2020
IHS Markit’s Clayton Albertson discusses how digital tools can help managers address increasing complexity and demands for data, particularly...
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01 September 2020
This discussion brings together IHS Markit Animal Health editor Joseph Harvey with Arthur Redpath and Peter McCarthy of Stonehaven Consulting...
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31 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Most global equity markets closed lower, with Japan and US tech being among the only major markets that ended the day higher. US government bonds...
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31 August 2020 Angus Lam
New banking policies at play for both Mainland China and India
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28 August 2020 Chris Fenske
US equity markets ended the day higher across the major indices, with the S&P 500 closing higher for a seventh consecutive day and achieving...
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28 August 2020 Sian Jones Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
A comprehensive view of global economic conditions midway through the third quarter will be provided by the worldwide PMI surveys, with the week...
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27 August 2020 Julien Rey
The recent EUR Price Alignment Interest (PAI) and discounting switch from EONIA to €STR for cleared derivatives is now in the books. From 27...
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27 August 2020 Brian Lawson
How have financial markets been affected by the combination of expansionary fiscal policy and quantitative easing and divergent sectoral performance?...
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27 August 2020 Indrayuth Mukherjee
IHS Markit tracked 62.5 GW of new wind installations in 2019, 22% higher than the year before. While over 90% of this was in onshore, the offshore...
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27 August 2020 Brian Lawson
Media reports claim Oman raised USD2 billion in one-year bridge financing, while five hybrid deals this week indicated a strong “duration bid”....
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27 August 2020
Last week we reported on how the United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) has joined low-carb advocates in calling on federal agencies to...
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27 August 2020
The US-China Phase One Trade Deal had been discussed in the marketplace with high optimism as well as pessimism regarding the pace of shipments...
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27 August 2020 Chris Fenske
US and European benchmark government bonds sold off in tandem today, with US 30yr bond yields almost increasing by double digits (basis points)....
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26 August 2020 Mr. William May John Mothersole
Chinese stimulus, a softening US dollar and easing COVID-19 containment measures give buyers the green light to keep going
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26 August 2020 Dr. Mark Morgan, Ph.D.
Chemical recycling holds enormous, untapped potential to transform the plastic industry in the region and globally.
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26 August 2020
As the impact of COVID-19 continues to ripple across the globe creating significant economic and financial uncertainty, the fair valuation of...
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26 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European equity markets closed higher across the region, while US and APAC markets were mixed. Most credit indices closed tighter on the day...
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25 August 2020 Wade Shafer
Rolling blackouts returned to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on Friday, 14 August, for the first time since the 2001 energy...
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25 August 2020
IHS Markit accelerates focus on future automotive solutions for fast-changing customer needs
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25 August 2020
A wave of public health reforms is sweeping through Mexico, as two of the country’s states – Oaxaca and Tabasco – have now passed measures to...
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25 August 2020
Member states are required to implement minimum standards for the protection of pigs, including a ban on routine tail-docking (2008/120/EC)...
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25 August 2020
Covid-19 has yet to have much of an impact on African cocoa supplies. However, the global market has already felt its effect on demand, with...
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25 August 2020 Renata Machado Marcos Lepore
As soon as the crisis hit the Mexican oil market, a reaction was expected from Pemex, the country's main operator. As companies around the world...
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25 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Global equity markets closed mixed, while benchmark government bonds ended the day lower across Europe and the US. iTraxx credit indices widened...
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24 August 2020 Paul Markwell Nick Thomson Lysle Brinker Jim Burkhard
The projected price recovery paints a cautiously positive picture of the upstream industry
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24 August 2020 Nariman Behravesh, Ph.D. Ms. Sara Johnson, CBE
While it may be a little early to fully quantify the long-term economic impact of the pandemic, IHS Markit estimates that by 2030 the level of...
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24 August 2020 Etienne Gabel
Shifts in power demand patterns due to the COVID-19 crisis, combined with the growing penetration of intermittent and distributed generation...
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24 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Equity markets closed higher across the globe today, with European markets outperforming the other regions and the S&P 500 printing another rec...
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24 August 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Brazilian Crude Oil Exports remain strong so far in August, with volumes only marginally down since last month. The country has been loading...
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21 August 2020 Bernard Aw
Flash PMI data indicated a further decline in Japanese economic activity in August, sending a warning signal that the recovery is lacking momentum....
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21 August 2020 Bernard Aw
The Australian private sector economy fell back into decline during August, according to latest flash PMI data, with business activity contracting...
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21 August 2020 Raj Badiani, BSc Econ MSc Econ Laurence Allan, Ph.D.
new Brexit uncertainties are sounding on the risk radar, namely whether the 11-month transition period is sufficient to deliver an agreement...
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21 August 2020 Brian Lawson
The S+P 500 index reached an all-time high alongside recent IPOs displaying exceptionally strong performance.
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21 August 2020 Bernard Aw
The coming week will see GDP estimate updates for the US, Germany and France for a more accurate view into the extent of the economic collapse...
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21 August 2020
The recent Derecho storm that ravished the key corn-producing area of the US corn belt, will have lasting effects on the US market, even impacting...
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21 August 2020 Rebekah Bostan Ismini Katsimpardi
In July 2020 reports in the press indicated that ENI plans to divest operated assets in Congo. ENI is not the only company to have announced...
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20 August 2020 Matthew Hancock
Soda ash producers have been forced to rethink their future plans whilst also adapting to the current market situation.
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20 August 2020 Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
Understand the risks shaping geopolitical stability in September from elections to trade summits and beyond.
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20 August 2020
The EU free trade agreement (FTA) with the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) was announced last year and the final...
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20 August 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Impact of COVID-19 on Refining and Refiners
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20 August 2020
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) monitoring system changed from Neutral to La Niña Watch status on 30 July, with the Asean Especialied Meteorological...
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20 August 2020
Domestic food production now accounts for more than 80% of retail sales, up from 60% in 2014.
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20 August 2020
Produce importers hit back after US lawmakers and produce growers from the southeastern US said that imports of subsidized Mexican fresh produce...
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19 August 2020 Sian Jones
The IHS Markit Europe Chemicals PMI signalled a challenging start to 2020 amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Operating conditions...
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19 August 2020
Article:France to allow neonic STs to tackle sugar beet yellowing
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19 August 2020
The European Union has temporarily suspended the entry of Argentinean lemon and oranges Citrus limon (L.) N. Burm.f. and Citrus sinensis (L.)...
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18 August 2020
US Registration Data Show Market Share Improvement for Pick-up Trucks, Decline for Compact Cars in H1
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18 August 2020 Mr. William May
Bullish Chinese data early in the week was offset by rising COVID-19 restrictions, a breakdown in US stimulus negotiations and disappointing...
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18 August 2020
Between July 31 and August 10, 2020, IHS Markit’s Perception team undertook a survey of the issuer community to gauge initial market reactions...
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18 August 2020 Melanie Erff Kristen Balasia Joe Kyriakoza
Automotive monthly newsletter and podcast
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18 August 2020 Sam Pierson
July monthly lending returns to iBoxx fixed income & MSCI equity indices
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18 August 2020 Jeremy Domballe
With more than 60% of arrivals occuring within the port of Beirut, the port is a vital infrastructure supporting Lebanon economic activity.
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18 August 2020
Market sentiment says the pace of new reporting regulations is slowing down as the majority of key financial markets in the US, Europe, Canada...
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18 August 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Russia is now increasing its crude oil and condensate output, but seaborne exports remained unchanged in first half of August. Production has...
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17 August 2020 Sam Pierson
Tracking Kodak shorts with securities finance data
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17 August 2020 Warren Waite Nikolay Filchev Matthew Piatek
More and more natural gas pipeline projects in North American are being shelved and the future for big projects seems less promising.
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17 August 2020 Alice Gladen
The value of trade in organic chemicals reached $846 Billion in 2019 however, this was down by around 10% from 2018 values. 2019 was a tumultuous...
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17 August 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
The value of global exports in the first four months of 2020 reported by the analyzed states amounted to five billion US dollars. It represents...
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14 August 2020 Chris Fenske
APAC equity markets closed mixed today, while Europe was lower across the region and US markets were close-to-unchanged despite the flurry of...
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14 August 2020 Bernard Aw
With a resurgence of the coronavirus in parts of the world, and associated lockdowns re-imposed, flash August PMI updates for major economies...
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14 August 2020 Miguel De Jesus
The module level power electronics (MLPE) market is currently dominated by two suppliers, Enphase and SolarEdge. Enphase innovated in this space...
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14 August 2020
Market volatility induced by the COVID-19 pandemic has once again revealed the impact Valuation Adjustments (xVAs) of derivative portfolios can...
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14 August 2020 Brian Lawson
US investment grade supply during 2020 has reached USD1.336 trillion, beating the prior full-year record in under eight months.
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13 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European and most US equity markets closed modestly lower, while APAC markets closed mixed. The sell-off in European and US government bonds...
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13 August 2020 Martina Assereto
Ireland’s first renewable energy auction saw nearly 1300 MW of successful projects of which almost 800 MW was accounted for by solar, according...
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13 August 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Japan crude oil imports increased by 13.6% in July month-on-month but remained around 29% lower than a year ago. The country's appetite for crude...
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12 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European and US equity markets closed higher on the day, while APAC markets were mixed. The S&P 500 came very close to a new record high, while...
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12 August 2020 Mr. William May
Volatility returns with commodities jumping
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12 August 2020 Simon Blakey Shankari Srinivasan Catherine Robinson
A new European Commission communication proposes an EU hydrogen strategy. Together with five recently announced national strategies and a strong...
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12 August 2020
Allianz Global Investors, a leading active asset manager, has adopted IHS Markit’s leading investment management platform, thinkFolio, as the...
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12 August 2020 Stephen Grady Salman Banaei
On June 1, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (“FIMSAC”)’s Technology and...
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11 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European equity markets closed higher on the day, while China was the only major APAC market to end the day lower. US equity markets, except...
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11 August 2020
We examine the main dividend players in the Shale region and how their dividend sustainability is affected by potential annual payout, debt...
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11 August 2020 Richard Morrison
CDC report: Worker close contact a key in South Dakota Smithfield plant COVID outbreak
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11 August 2020
At the beginning of last week, we reported on how the EU-Vietnam trade agreement had entered into force, and the European Commission saying that...
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11 August 2020
The EU’s ill-fated free trade agreement with Canada is in jeopardy once again following a vote by the national parliament of Cyprus to reject...
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11 August 2020
IHS Markit’s Perception Analytics team engages in in-depth discussions with investors and analysts daily.
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11 August 2020
Elanco has closed its purchase of Bayer Animal Health – a deal that is expected to propel the former to second in the industry rankings.
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11 August 2020 Rahul Sharma
USD Asia bonds advanced in July as the index continued its rally for the fourth consecutive month. The overall index climbed 2.19% and finished...
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10 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European equity markets closed higher across the region, while most major APAC and US markets were also higher on the day. European benchmark...
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10 August 2020 Oliver Forsyth
As renewable penetration increases, transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure will require significant reinforcement. Battery energy sto...
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10 August 2020 David Owen
All monitored commodities saw solid price gains during July as global demand strengthened and supply chains began to recover from coronavirus...
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10 August 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Our experts explore cost trends for offshore Gulf of Mexico and onshore unconventional in the lower 48 and Canada, in relation to the energy...
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10 August 2020
Jose Perdomo, president, CropLife Latin America and Javier Fernandez, regulatory affairs adviser, CropLife Latin America talk to Crop Science...
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10 August 2020 Chris Williamson
The worldwide PMI surveys indicated a strengthening of global economic growth in July
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10 August 2020 Stephanie Brinley, MBA
US light-vehicle sales are estimated to have dropped 12.2% year on year (y/y) to 1,227,420 units in July and decreased 21.8% y/y to 7,688,741...
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07 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Equity markets closed mixed across each region, while gold had its worst day since early-June only one day after hitting its all-time high. iTraxx...
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07 August 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
The coming week will see a clutch of GDP updates to shed further light on the extent of the global economic collapse at the height of the COVID-19...
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07 August 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Global gas experts Michael Stoppard and Ed Kelly discuss recent gas infrastructure deals
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07 August 2020 Raj Rajendran
Saudi Aramco is likely to cut its September official selling price (OSP) to refiners in Asia, a first since May
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07 August 2020
IHS Markit analyzed the 3000 largest companies in the United States to identify which issuers and investors would be most affected by the SEC’s...
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07 August 2020 Brian Lawson
Ecuador’s bondholders overwhelmingly accepted its debt restructuring proposals while Argentina has agreed a marginally revised deal with key...
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07 August 2020 Sam Pierson
July 2020 Securities Finance Snapshot
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07 August 2020
On Wednesday 12 August, the USDA publishes its August WASDE report, which is a particularly impactful report and widely anticipated, due to the...
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06 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Gold prices broke above a new record (again) and yields on the long end of the AAA tax-exempt municipal bond curve breached the lowest yields...
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06 August 2020 Nicholas Godec, CFA Frantz Castor
Review of H1 2020 volumes linked to IHS Markit Indices.
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06 August 2020 Chris Williamson
The worldwide PMI surveys indicated a strengthening of global economic growth in July, led by rebounding activity from COVID-19 lockdowns notably...
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06 August 2020 Anna Boyd Alex Golbin
As global supply chains become increasingly complex, it is more important than ever to incorporate location risk into your vendor risk assessment...
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06 August 2020 Sam Pierson
H1 2020 Securities Finance Review
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06 August 2020 Cinnamon Edralin, BA
The global offshore rig market once again finds itself in a downturn. However, given the short, slow recovery that was underway before March...
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06 August 2020 Robert Chambers
An overview of how coronavirus (COVID-19) and the oil price crash has impacted the future supply of feedstock gas into some of Western Australia’s...
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06 August 2020
The country’s main industry representative has asked for an import duty reset for some raw materials and ingredients necessary to manufacture...
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06 August 2020
As published in the Official Journal of the European Union, duties on fillets known as ‘loins’ (HS 16 04 14 16) will be removed in eight equal...
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06 August 2020 Rahul Sharma
The overall index gained 1.66% in July as gains were seen across all markets with the exception of China Onshore. Indonesia was the best performing...
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06 August 2020 Rahul Sharma
The overall index gained 1.20% as its yield fell 15 bps to 1.24% by the end of the month. Notably the index duration surpassed 7 years for the...
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06 August 2020 Rahul Sharma
The overall index gained 1.20% as its yield fell 15 bps to 1.24% by the end of the month. Notably the index duration surpassed 7 years for the...
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06 August 2020 Rahul Sharma
The overall index gained 1.20% as its yield fell 15 bps to 1.24% by the end of the month. Notably the index duration surpassed 7 years for the...
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06 August 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
North Sea’s total crude oil loadings activity is expected to hit this year’s record low in September. Most recent loading schedules suggest exports...
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05 August 2020 Chris Fenske
US and European equity markets closed higher today, while APAC markets were mixed. The US dollar and US government bonds ended the day lower...
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05 August 2020 Chris Williamson
Producer input prices rose globally at the fastest rate for over a year in July amid rising demand as the world’s factories bought more inputs...
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05 August 2020
Monthly style and specialty model performance report.
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05 August 2020
We review factor performance in July 2020.
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05 August 2020 Mr. William May
Following a pause in the commodity price rebound last week, the MPI nudged higher, but sluggish demand growth will continue to be a drag
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05 August 2020 Mike Wiman
US-Mexico cross-border trade via Mexico customs bill of lading data.
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05 August 2020 Alice Gladen
Using vessel port callings data combined with trade data to analyse the US response to COVID on a state level.
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05 August 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
India imported 5.14 million b/d of crude oil in July, up 82% month-on-month and 23% up year-on-year.
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05 August 2020
The Indian cumin seed fob spot price was INR14,575 per quintal (USD194.5/quintal) on July 31 at Jodhpur market (Rajasthan, North East), 4.2%...
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05 August 2020
A bipartisan group of US legislators is pleading with US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to remove retaliatory duties on food and...
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05 August 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
China mainland is the only top economy showing signs of recovery in Q2 2020 both in exports and imports
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04 August 2020 Chris Fenske
Equity markets closed higher across most of the globe and benchmark government bonds were also higher on the day. Commodities remained strong...
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04 August 2020 Chris Williamson
Factories worldwide continued to report falling export sales in July
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04 August 2020 Chris Williamson
A key gauge of global manufacturing output hit a one-and-a-half year high in July
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04 August 2020 Walt Hart, P.E. Keefer Douglas Darryl Rogers
The US has become by far the largest producer of ethane in the world – as well as the only significant waterborne exporter of the product. However...
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04 August 2020 Raj Rajendran Fotios Katsoulas
Seaborne crude oil exports by OPEC members rose in July as Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait were no longer held back by...
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04 August 2020
The European Commission wants the EU’s agri-food sector to become the global standard for sustainability.
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04 August 2020 Daejin Lee
The current dry bulk market is Capesize-driven market. We have seen C5TC has increased to more than USD 30,000 per day in early July 2020 from...
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04 August 2020
The Council has confirmed last month’s agreement to update EU rules for excise duties on alcoholic drinks with special provisions for small...
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04 August 2020
The European Commission’s Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy came under attack from the US last week (July 29) when US Department of Agriculture Secretary...
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04 August 2020 YANG YANG Tanisha Bhardwaj Stella Lim Qianwen Ruan Kar Mun Fan JaeHee Lim Chen Qihang
APAC Dividends: Measuring Dividend Risk : We have witnessed many cuts, deferrals or suspensions of dividends in the past few months across many...
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04 August 2020
thinkFolio, our leading multi-asset class investment management platform, has integrated with Investor Access, making it the first portfolio...
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03 August 2020 Chris Fenske
European and US equity markets closed higher today, while APAC markets were mixed. iTraxx closed tighter across IG and high yield, while CDX...
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03 August 2020 Kathleen Navin, CBE Ben Herzon, Ph.D.
According to our Monthly GDP Index, monthly GDP rose 5.0% in June.
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03 August 2020 Kirston Winters
In the latest development in the IBOR transition, on the weekend of 25 July, we saw the major CCPs perform the much-anticipated Euro discounting...
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03 August 2020 RJ Chang, Ph.D.
The rigorous methodology, consistency, detailed datasets and transparency that a life cycle analysis requires
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03 August 2020 Margaret Labban, Ph.D.
The advance purchase agreement from the US government for BNT 162 provides the first pricing benchmark of around USD20 per dose for a COVID-19...
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31 July 2020 Sian Jones Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
A full economic calendar for the coming week starts with worldwide PMI surveys and culminates in Friday’s US non-farm payroll report, but also...
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31 July 2020 Chris Fenske
European equity markets closed lower across the region for the second consecutive day and most APAC markets also ended lower except for China....
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30 July 2020
IHS Markit's Perception Analytics team engages in in-depth discussions with investors and analysts daily. Given recent market volatility and...
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30 July 2020 Brian Lawson
Despite seasonally-quieter conditions, a large Australia syndication and a Hong Kong bank AT1 deal have reconfirmed long-duration demand.
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30 July 2020 Thomas McCartin
The 11-week stretch of commodity price increases ends amid a diplomatic spat
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30 July 2020
US domestic consumption has contradicted the most negative sales forecasts between February and April. Meanwhile, the strong US almond, walnut...
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30 July 2020
India is complex, with 1.3 billion inhabitants on 3.28 million sq kilometres. It is administered as a federal state, with 29 states and seven...
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30 July 2020 Chris Fenske
APAC equity markets closed mixed, while record quarterly declines in German and US Q2 GDP drove all major European and most US markets lower...
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30 July 2020
IHS Markit’s ongoing expert analysis across food and agricultural markets incorporates the impact policy and trade developments play, and a hot...
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29 July 2020 Chris Fenske
US equity markets closed higher, while APAC and European markets closed mixed for the second consecutive day. The conclusion of the two-day FOMC...
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29 July 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The recent announcement of a $5 billion all-stock deal between Chevron and Noble Energy has some industry players wondering if this is the signal...
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29 July 2020
We review factor performance during the first six months of this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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29 July 2020 Kari Jones, Ph.D.
While much of the commentary about whether and how to re-open schools is political and simplistic, the issue is quite complex, and further complicated...
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29 July 2020
From helping farmers track animal diseases to predicting the likelihood of pathogens in fields and water, artificial intelligence (AI) has a...
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29 July 2020
US investment bank William Blair has highlighted a continued improvement in veterinary clinic sales, as the sector recovers from the consequences...
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29 July 2020
Global coffee supplies are still expected to be plentiful this season, despite a drop in production in 2019/20.
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28 July 2020 Chris Fenske
Equity markets closed mixed across APAC and Europe, while all major US equity indices closed lower. iTraxx and CDX closed wider across IG and...
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28 July 2020 Gavan Nolan
Recessions come in many forms and it is self-evident the current downturn is quite different from the slump in 2008-2009.
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28 July 2020
Average age of light VIO in the US has risen to 11.9 years this year, about one month older than in 2019
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28 July 2020
This special report examines the various aspects of the EU’s agri-food trading relationships – the initial creation and subsequent partial dismantlement...
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28 July 2020
IHS Markit Crop Science’s New Generics 2020 is a guide to important herbicide, fungicide and insecticide active ingredients coming off patent...
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28 July 2020
Airbus announced last week that it had reached agreement with the French and Spanish governments to amend arrangements deemed by the WTO to be...
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28 July 2020 Kevin Birn Celina Hwang
The COVID-19 demand and price collapse has reduced Canadian oil sands production outlook to 2030 to the lowest point in the past half-decade...
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27 July 2020 Chris Fenske
The US dollar continued to sell-off today to a two-year low, enabling a new all-time high for gold and a multiyear high for silver. US equity...
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27 July 2020 Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
Understand the risks shaping geopolitical stability in August from elections to debt restructuring and beyond.
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27 July 2020 RJ Chang, Ph.D.
Global carbon emission has dropped substantially due to coronavirus (COVID-19) that has curbed the demand of transportation fuels and business...
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27 July 2020 Milena Izmirlieva
Monitoring of pharmaceutical prices in other countries will become a major part of US government policy and its negotiating strategy going forward...
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24 July 2020 Chris Fenske
Equities closed lower across the globe on increasing tensions between the US/China and weakness in technology stocks. The US dollar continued...
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24 July 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Paul Smith, Ph.D. Ken Wattret Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
Insights into the depth of COVID-19 related economic downturns will be provided by second quarter GDP estimates for the US, Eurozone, Hong Kong...
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24 July 2020 Bernard Aw
The rebound in the Australian economy from COVID-19 lockdowns gathered pace in July, with business activity increasing markedly, according to...
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24 July 2020 Robin Waters
Plastics value chain transitions from a linear to circular economy structure.
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24 July 2020 Chris Williamson
The world’s largest developed economies saw business activity rise for the first time since February in July
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24 July 2020 Srichandra Masabathula Nicholas Godec, CFA
The first half of the year resulted in significant credit volatility, with CDS indices playing a key role in investors’ ability to manage credit...
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24 July 2020 Justin Valentino Chris Suckling, Ph.D.
Countries/territories for which our Country Risk scores have been changed significantly over the last quarter.
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24 July 2020
Sanjiv Rana talks with FMC’s new president and chief executive officer, Mark Douglas, to discuss hi