Australian manufacturing leads the world…down

A one-chart update to January PMIs:

January PMI

If this is rebalancing then there’s some way to go…

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  1. We’re world beaters!

    We beat all the PIIGs listed: Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. I wonder how Portugal went?

  2. There has been a definite improvement in manufacturing in Spain and Portugal in the last quarter, mostly export oriented. However nobody expects a boom but more like a slow, gradual slog, so consumer spending is not increasing.