February saw a broad-based, rapid global expansion. |
High and rising utilization rates remain at the forefront of Fed inflation concerns. |
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In Asia, we see growth remaining steady and fast. |
In some sense the risk the central banks run is they are coming in a little too late. |
Input price pressures are abating and this should reduce uncertainty and pressure on profit margins in coming months. |
January purchasing managers' surveys signal that the impressive acceleration in manufacturing activity from the final quarter of 2005 has carried over into the new year. |
Japan is back on its feet and growing again. |
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PMI data confirm that global manufacturing has made a solid start to 2006. |
The (Purchasing Managers Index) points to robust, broad-based growth. |
The base of global growth is strengthening and broadening overseas. It looks like we're picking up the pace and we're moving back into above-trend growth rates. |
The chairman stayed within his game, reaffirming the recent Fed message that growth is solid, inflation risks remain to the upside, and that the path of policy is becoming highly data-dependent. |
The labor market exhibited renewed strength, which suggests that manufacturers and service providers expect the current acceleration in growth to be maintained in the coming months. |
The latest PMI data point to a slight moderation in the pace of global manufacturing output, to a still robust 5 to 6 percent annual rate. |