The HSBC preliminary reading, called Flash PMI, is a private survey of more than 420 companies.
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This month, the Flash PMI came in at 51.9, beating market consensus, which was at 51.7.
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Jobless claims will be released Wednesday because of the Thanksgiving holiday, along with the PMI Manufacturing Index Flash.
For the Markit Flash PMI, easing a tick to 53 for this month will not surprise too many.
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The data on manufacturing was also encouraging, as the flash PMI Manufacturing Index and the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index both reflected steady growth.
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Both the Richmond and Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey declined, as did the widely watched flash PMI Manufacturing index, which dropped to 52 from 54.2.
This is also consistent with the rise in the HSBC flash PMI to 49.1 from 47.9, and confirms that economic momentum has indeed picked up.
The Flash PMI, however, suggests this month will be even worse.
In China, the last flash PMI print was 49.3 from HSBC and will struggle to come in at 50, a positive for the market if it does.
Investors should not be expecting any upside surprises to HSBC China flash PMI on Thursday morning, Nomura Securities analysts said in a note to clients on Thursday.
The economic announcements out of the euro zone proved inconsequential today with Flash PMI figures for Services and Manufacturing in France, Germany and the entire Euro area coming in right in line with expectations.
There is a full slate of potentially market-moving data out on Thursday, including jobless claims, the Consumer Price Index, existing home sales, the Philadelphia Fed Survey, Leading Indicators, and the flash PMI Manufacturing Index.
The better October flash PMI and September data paint a consistent picture of a likely further pickup in economic activity on the back of more accommodative monetary conditions, increasing infrastructure investment, recovering property market activity in second and third tier level cities and improving external demand, mainly in Asia and emerging markets.
The HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI retreated to 48.7 in May from the final April reading of 49.3.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the flash manufacturing PMI and new residential home sales.
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U.S. economic reports due for release Friday include real earnings, the consumer price index, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, and industrial production and capacity utilization.
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While economic data in the U.S. continues to marginally improve, flash-PMI readings for the Eurozone came in at their weakest level in more than two years on Thursday.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Federal Reserve business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, the monthly house price index, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the Philadelphia Fed business survey, and the monthly house price index.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer price index, the flash manufacturing PMI, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the weekly DOE liquid energy stocks report, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
The HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI is published a week ahead of the final HSBC China PMI every month.
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In China, the HSBC Flash Manufacturing Index (PMI) rose to a 13-month high of 50.4 in November.
Also on Thursday, we get the flash report on the PMI Manufacturing Index, along with the Philadelphia Fed Survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the flash U.S. manufacturing PMI, leading economic indicators, the weekly DOE energy stocks report and the Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity report.
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