Thursday 3 September 2015

August 2015 UK Markit services PMI 55.6 vs 57.6 exp

Highlights of the August 2015 UK Markit services PMI data report 3 September 2015

  • Prior 57.4
  • New orders 56.2 vs 58.6 prior. Lowest since Apr 2013
  • Composite 55.1 vs 56.6 prior
  • New orders 55.8 vs 57.6 prior
That's not good, not good at all. Services to the lowest since May 2013
Markit says the numbers equate to Q3 GDP of 0.5% q/q. Q2 was 0.7%
GBPUSD slides to 1.5239 initially but has bounced back to 1.5258 as the dollar shows some further weakness
At the moment the Fed is the front runner on rate rises by a fair few furlongs and that's significantly weighing on the pound as well
UK services PMI

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