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The following is an extract from S&P Global Market
Intelligence's latest Monthly PMI Bulletin. For the full report,
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The global economy expanded for a 23rd straight month in May,
according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by S&P Global),
with the rate of growth accelerating for the first time in three
months as the lockdown-driven downturn in mainland China showed
signs of easing.
The rate of growth was nevertheless amongst the weakest so far
during the pandemic recovery period as the downturns that have
afflicted the Chinese and Russian economies continued to weigh on
global output. Excluding China, the global PMI registered 54.3,
indicative of a more impressive annualised GDP growth rate of 3.5%.
Certainly, signs have pointed to the worst being over for China
with the Caixin composite PMI, compiled by S&P Global, rising
to 42.2 in May from 37.2 in April. But questions remain with
respect to how quickly China will rebound from here, and how will
the easing of restrictions play out on both the demand and supply
side.
As far as May PMIs are concerned, services activity continued to
buoy overall global growth amid looser COVID-19 restrictions. That
said, service sector recoveries may lose momentum in coming months
as pent-up demand fades. Meanwhile manufacturing performance
remained subdued, with global output falling for a second straight
month, affected primarily by falling Chinese production. The
release of pent-up demand as mainland China eases restrictions may
bode well for overall demand and ease supply constraints, though it
will be important to weigh any consequent price pressures.
Purchasing Managers' Index™ (PMI™) data are compiled by IHS Markit for more than 40 economies worldwide. The monthly data are derived from surveys of senior executives at private sector companies, and are available only via subscription. The PMI dataset features a headline number, which indicates the overall health of an economy, and sub-indices, which provide insights into other key economic drivers such as GDP, inflation, exports, capacity utilization, employment and inventories. The PMI data are used by financial and corporate professionals to better understand where economies and markets are headed, and to uncover opportunities.
