Mixed Signals From Global Manufacturing PMIs
Callum Thomas | Sep 23, 2018 12:12AM ET
The September flash manufacturing PMIs from global risk assets .
Looking again at the DM composite PMI vs US 10-year bond yield chart (this was a key chart in picking the surge in bond yields because a gap had previously opened between price and fundamentals)... At this point the 10 year Treasury yield has moved beyond where the DM composite PMI suggests it "should" be (although you get different answers on that if you use the ISM vs Markit PMIs). But I wonder if at this point maybe this time it's the bond market that has it right... in other words, the rise in Treasury yields could be reflecting greater optimism on the growth/inflation outlook.
Anyway, the main takeaways from the latest round of flash manufacturing PMIs are: 1. Global growth is not collapsing (Japan + US rebounding); 2. Global growth appears to be becoming less synchronized, and divergent/asynchronous cyclical signals are becoming more apparent; .3. Overall it still justifies a bias to be long risk assets and short/underweight bonds .
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