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Peril of EV Start-Ups: Fisker’s Investor Warning

Supply Chain Matters

Our perspective was that both of such niche market segment start-up players would be able to financially sustain themselves if industry demand for respective products were robust and that supporting supply chain and production strategies were well managed. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. based dealer network.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. The lowest production performance and associated supply chain activity levels were reported as that of Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Poland. The inventories index decreased 2.1

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Global PMI Levels in July Remain of Concern

Supply Chain Matters

Report authors noted that sector data of new orders indicated that contraction occurred across consumer, intermediate and investment goods industries. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources. Separately the statistics agency reported in late June that annual profits among China ’s industrial firms declined 18.8

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

The report’s authors indicated that the downturn in global production was primarily centered on the intermediate goods sector which remains not a positive sign for future multi-industry supply network momentum in the weeks to come. Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. reflecting a 1.1

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

Supply Chain Matters

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. Source: S&P Global, April, 2023 Highlights of Regional Reporting Developed Regions Eurozone The S&P Global Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® fell again in March to a value of 47.3 compared to the February value of 48.5,

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Countries experiencing sequential monthly lows were noted as France, Austria and Germany , the latter recording a 46.3 percentage points from the previous month, and noted as an indication that the market demand of the manufacturing industry continued to increase. United States Two indices of U.S. increasing 3.2

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September and Q3 Global PMI Levels Remain in Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, destocking activities increased with finished product and raw materials inventories decreasing by the end of the quarter. Reportedly, with the exception of Greece , all other EU countries registered PMI declines, with Germany and Austria having the fastest rates of production declines. was relatively unchanged from the 49.0