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Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI
Key points: • Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI® edges lower to 54.0 in February (54.8 in January). • Output and new orders both grow at slowest pace since October 2017. • Employment growth accelerates to 11-year high. Data collected 12 – 19 February. Today sees the latest public release of the Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI® ). Published on a monthly basis approximately one week before final PMI data are released, this makes the PMI the earliest available indicator of manufacturing sector operating conditions in Japan. The estimate is typically based on approximately ... (full story)