Manufacturing sector PMI fell back into contraction amid weak orders and slowing production. Given a fairly strong positive correlation between the data, the disappointing PMI release sends a warning ...

The U.S. ISM Services PMI retreated to 49.9 in May from 51.6 in April, missing the 52.0 consensus, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management on Wednesday. This marks the first ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity swung back into contraction in May as export orders fell at the fastest pace in four months, highlighting why policy makers and investors remain ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Business activity in Germany's private sector has contracted this month, hurt by service sector woes and trade-related uncertainty, although manufacturers are showing some resilience ...

After reporting expansion following 16 months of contraction in March, the April Purchasing Manager’s Index of 49.2% indicates that manufacturing economic activity has dropped back into contraction.

Stocks and Treasury yields remained mostly lower after a round of closely watched economic data, including the March JOLTS report and the Institute for Supply Management's latest manufacturing ...

BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) - China's factory activity swung to contraction in July, a private sector survey showed on Tuesday, with supply, demand and export orders all deteriorating as firms blamed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. manufacturing contracted in March after growing for two straight months, while a measure of inflation at the factory gate jumped to the highest level in nearly three years ...