Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Quick Overview

  • China’s PMI rose to 51.7 in August from 51.2 in July.

  • The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 56.3 from 55.5 in July

  • Kingsman cut by 32% to 3.52m tonnes its forecast for the global sugar surplus in 2010-11.

  • Vietnam's fiscal deficit hit 2.05 billion U.S. dollars.

  • Thailand GDP growth for the first half of 2010 is about 10 %, the highest since 1995

  • Indonesia's inflation rate in August reached 6.44 % up from 6.22 % in July.

  • Brazil’s industrial production in July was up 0.4% Mom and up 8.7 % YoY.

  • Canada's GDP expanded at an annualized pace of 2 % from April through June

  • GM's August sales dipped 7% MoM

  • MoM Peru's CPI rose 0.27% in August

  • Chrysler August U.S. auto sales improved 6.9%. YoY Ford's sales fell 11%. GM's sales fell 25% YoY

  • McKinsey Global Institute shows that Africa is now among the fastest-growing economic regions in the world.Africa's collective gross domestic product rose at a 4.9 % from 2000 through 2008, twice the pace of the preceding two decades.

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