ASEAN manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, April (2019)

MANUFACTURERS in the Philippines marked the smallest improvement in business conditions in nine months as the second quarter began as output growth dropped to a 19-month low, according to the latest monthly survey IHS Markit conducted for Nikkei, Inc. that also showed new orders rose at the weakest rate in nine months and a “sustained fall” in orders from abroad that was “notably faster than that seen in March.” Read the full story.