Today's PMI survey in manufacturing shows a further decline in manufacturing activity in February.
Manufacturing activity declined sharply in November, as measured by the official purchasing managers' index.
At the same time, a reading on manufacturing activity in the Richmond region is due out.
Sterling remains under pressure this morning as UK manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January (47.9).
Manufacturing activity in France shrank markedly while in Italy the PMI dropped to 45.8.
China's manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low in August, a preliminary HSBC survey has shown.
BBC: China manufacturing at nine-month low, HSBC survey says
Following those announcements, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia with report on January manufacturing activity.
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Manufacturing activity, which accounts for almost two-thirds of overall output, fell 1.5% from a year earlier.
Manufacturing activity in China expanded for a third month in a row in December.
That is why they welcomed the rise in manufacturing activity signalled in this week's latest purchasing managers' indices.
China's manufacturing activity slowed less quickly in April than the previous month, a preliminary HSBC survey has showed.
Manufacturing activity grew last month at the fastest pace since April, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
Also helping market tone this morning, for the short term at least, was Chinese and UK manufacturing activity.
Manufacturing activity, a major indicator of economic vitality and recovery, peaked in February, and has eased significantly ever since.
First came a wave of good news, particularly from the heartland, that manufacturing activity was already on the mend.
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Manufacturing activity in China grew at its fastest pace in two years in January, according to data from HSBC.
BBC: China manufacturing activity at two-year high, says HSBC
The Institute of Supply Management's monthly survey of manufacturing activity hit its highest level for 20 years in November.
Then overnight China announced weaker manufacturing activity to further depress the market place.
Manufacturing activity has definitively slowed, and a softening in productivity could put the brakes on the rally for trucking stocks.
But gains were limited as manufacturing activity in China shrank in November for the first time in nearly three years.
The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity fell to 43.6 in July from 44.7 a month before.
In U.S. economic news, a reading on manufacturing activity in the Dallas region in March rose from a month earlier.
Consumer sentiment, manufacturing activity, jobless claims, home sales, GDP, you name it: when the data disappoints as it has recently stocks suffer.
Two sets of data released early Friday measuring Chinese manufacturing activity pointed to different trends in the local factory sector.
Prospects for boosting sales to the continent are not exhilarating: recent indicators of manufacturing activity point to a slowdown there.
Markit's preliminary index measuring service and manufacturing activity for the currency bloc fell to 47.3 in February, below expectations of 48.5.
Better readings for U.S. manufacturing activity and consumer spending point to a faster growth rate in the fourth quarter, analysts still say.
In addition, new U.S. weekly unemployment claims surprised economists by ticking higher while another report showed soft manufacturing activity in the Midwest.
The number of weekly jobless claims tumbled to its lowest level since March 2008, and manufacturing activity showed more signs of strength.
Manufacturing activity continued to expand in the latest period, with sales of new cars and light trucks substantially higher, read the report.
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