PMI in Focus: Turning Timely Economic Signals Into Strategy

Podcast: The Decisive Podcast: Insights and analysis to empower confident decision-making. · S&P Global Market Intelligence

Opublikowano: 2026-03-14

In this episode of The Decisive Podcast from S&P Global Market Intelligence, host Paul Smith, Economics Director, is joined by fellow economists Sian Jones and Andrew Harker to unpack the role of Purchasing Managers' Indices (PMI) in tracking economic trends across more than 40 countries and multiple sectors. They explore how PMI data offers a timely alternative to official statistics, helping organizations monitor conditions in output, prices, inventories, and supply chains when events are moving quickly. The discussion looks at how PMI data is used to understand the impact of major global developments—such as conflict in the Middle East—on s...