Aussie flash PMI bogged

Thursday 24 October 2024

Via Judo Bank.

Flash Australia Composite PMI Output Index: 49.8 (Sep: 49.6), 2-month high
Flash Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index: 50.6 (Sep: 50.5), 2-month high
Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI Output Index: 43.7 (Sep: 44.0), 53-month low
Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI: 46.6 (Sep: 46.7), 53-month low

Business activity in Australia’s private sector declined at a slower and only marginal pace in October amid sector divergences. Faster services new business inflows led to quicker overall new order growth, powering an acceleration of job creation.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.