Key points: • Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI® down to eight-month low of 52.2 in July (52.4 in June) • Flash Manufacturing Output Index at 51.4 (52.2 in June). Weakest growth for 10 months • Export orders stagnate Data collected 12 – 20 July. 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 85%–90% of total PMI ... (full story)