US: Flash Markit Manufacturing PMI rises to 58.5 in March versus 56.3 exepcted

Joel Frank Independent Analyst

Activity growth in the US manufacturing sector accelerated in March, according to the preliminary version of IHS Markit's PMI survey. The "flash" headline Manufacturing PMI rose to 58.5 in March from 57.3 a month earlier, and was above the expected drop to 56.3.

Service sector growth was also stronger than expected with flash PMI coming in at 58.9 versus forecast for a drop to 56.0 from 56.5 in February. That meant the composite PMI measure rose to 58.5 from 55.9 last month.

Market Reaction

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Joel Frank

Independent Analyst

Joel Frank is an economics graduate from the University of Birmingham and has worked as a full-time financial market analyst since 2018, specialising in the coverage of how developments in the global economy impact financial asset

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