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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

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Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020. The July 2022 Manufacturing ISMĀ© Report on Business reported the lowest PMI value since June 2020. The July value of 52.8

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

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From our lens, Taiwan remains the continued shocker, experiencing a third consecutive monthly decline and noted as equivalent to levels seen in May 2020 during the initial Covid-19 outbreak. South Korea has now become a concern as well as that regions manufacturing activity is now at a contraction level not seen since 2020. . .

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

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However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. The separate S&P Global PMIĀ® Commodity Price and Supply Indicators index noted that the Global Supply Shortages Index dipped to a 30-month low while The Global Price Pressures Index dropped further in March and at the slowest pace since June 2020.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

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in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020. The report specifically indicated: ā€œ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.ā€. . This index fell to a value of 52.2,

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Global Production Activity Levels Unchanged In May But Provide Added Warning Signs

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That could signal even more added inventory exposures. To add further perspective to our prior Supply Chain Matters commentary indicating an economic and manufacturing recession now occurring in Germany , the separately reported HCOB Germany Manufacturing PMIĀ© fell again in May to a value of 43.2

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October 2022 PMI Reporting Points to Global Wide Manufacturing Contraction

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Once more, the Covid recovery increases that began in March/April of 2020 are now no longer.(Figure Morgan indicated, in part: ā€œ With business optimism and the orders-to-inventory ratio also both dipping to their lowest levels in two-and-a-half years, the outlook for production remains downbeat.ā€. Figure below). in September, and 47.3

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Top 13 Asian eCommerce Marketplaces

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Apart from the fact that the revenue generated is in the region of $1 trillion, by 2020, China’s e-commerce marketplace will be churning out as much as the United States of America, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, and France put together. Accounting for 32.6