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 anxious ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity shrank again in November after eking out growth for two months, a survey showed on Thursday, suggesting the euro zone's second-biggest economy may be ...

TOKYO: Japan's industrial output in November likely swung back to contraction for the first time in three months, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Friday, dented by sluggish demand and slowdown in ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's service sector inched back into contraction in August, with broadly unchanged levels of output, a business survey showed on Monday, as consumer demand waned and firms ...

S&P’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector showed a reading of 49.1 in April, slightly higher than the ‘flash’ estimate of 48.7 but down from 50.3 in March. The 50 mark ...

Italy’s HCOB Manufacturing PMI fell to 47.9 from 50.6, dropping 2.7 points and slipping back below the 50.0 threshold that separates expansion ...

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.

Spain’s HCOB Manufacturing PMI slipped to 49.6 in the latest reading from 51.5 previously, a decline of 1.9 points and a move back below the 50 ...