The Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) is a composite index based on the diffusion indexes for production, new orders, delivered, inventories and employment. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion of the manufacturing sector compared to the previous month; below 50 represents a contraction; while 50 indicates no change.

Business NZ PMI

Japan's industrialized, free market economy is the fourth biggest in the world. Japan has the largest electronics industry and the third largest automobile industry in the world. Japan’s economy is well-known by its efficiency and competitiveness in exports oriented sectors, but productivity is lower in areas such as agriculture, distribution, and services.

GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel

GDP Annualized Growth Rate shows the gdp growth that would be registered if the quarter-on-quarter rate of change were maintained for a full year.

GDP Growth Annualized Prel

In Singapore, Non-oil Domestic Exports (NODX) can be divided in Electronic Products, such as ICs, Disk Media Products, PCs, Parts of PCs, and Diodes & Transistors; and Non-Electronic Products, particularly chemicals, such as petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.

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Non-Oil Exports MoM

In New Zealand, business inflation expectations refer to two-year inflation forecast. Two years is seen as the timeframe when any central bank monetary policy action will filter through to prices.

Business Inflation Expectations

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a guideline for money market operations in inter-meeting periods and this guideline is written in terms of a target for the uncollateralized overnight call rate.

BoJ Nakamura Speech

In France, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Unemployment Rate

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