Key points: • Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI® rises to fourmonth high of 52.6 in September (52.2 in August) • Flash Manufacturing Output Index at 53.5 (52.5 in August). Strongest growth for four months • Export sales expand at faster pace, but rate of job creation softens to ten-month low Data collected 12 – 20 September. 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 ... (full story)