Australian PMI: Manufacturing goes from strength to strength 

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by a further 1.8 points to 61.7 in April, indicating a seventh consecutive month of recovery from the severe disruptions of Covid-19 in Q2 of 2020 and the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018. It is the third highest rate of growth […]

11/05/2021 - 18:34 pm

Australian PMI Manufacturing recovery strengthens in February 2021

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by 3.5 points to 58.8 in February 2021, with the stronger pace of recovery delivering the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018 (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). Ai Group chief […]

01/03/2021 - 13:10 pm

Australian PMI indicates improving circumstances

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) rose by 1.4 points to 54.3 over the summer holiday period (December 2020 and January 2021), indicating a further improvement in conditions following the Covid-19 recession of 2020 (results above 50 points indicate expansion, with the distance from 50 points indicating the strength of […]

05/02/2021 - 14:32 pm

Australian Manufacturing stabilises in November

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) declined by 4.2 points to 52.1 in November, indicating expanding conditions but at a slower rate than in October (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said, “The […]

02/12/2020 - 13:21 pm

Positive start to the new financial year for manufacturing

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 2.0 points to 53.5 in July, indicating a more convincing expansion as Australian manufacturing landed in positive territory for two consecutive months for the first time since October 2019 (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a […]

03/08/2020 - 20:52 pm

Australian PMI®: Drought, bushfires and coronavirus compound manufacturing slowdown

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) fell a further 1.1 points to 44.3 in February to its lowest result in almost five years, the first time the index has recorded four consecutive months of contraction since 2014. While the majority of Australian PMI respondents remain concerned about drought, weak demand […]

02/03/2020 - 18:06 pm

Australian PMI: Manufacturing downturn adds weight to calls for fiscal stimulus

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased slightly by 0.2 points to 48.3 in December, marking two consecutive months of contraction in the Australian PMI for the first time since mid-2015 (readings below 50 points indicate contraction in activity, with the distance from 50 indicating the strength of the contraction). […]

06/01/2020 - 11:36 am

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