A huge beat in US services. V's everywhere.
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  Wednesday, August 5, 2020
  The V-shaped recovery continues world-wide, but Japan and Asia are bringing up the rear.
  
      
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  Monday, July 6, 2020
  Wow. V-shaped recovery pretty much everywhere! Remember, PMI's give you direction and intensity (growth versus contraction) -- not level. But without direction and intensity you can't get the level!
  
      
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  Wednesday, June 3, 2020
  It's official. The V-shaped recovery is upon us! (And this is still only May data!)
  
      
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  Tuesday, May 5, 2020
  It's a global cliff-dive. Except for China, which dealt with Covid-19 first, and is now showing a literally V-shaped recovery.
  
      
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  Friday, April 3, 2020
  Wait. That wasn't supposed to happen. US services purchasing managers weren't supposed to be optimistic. Didn't they get the memo?
  
      
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  Wednesday, March 4, 2020
  China is a pit of awfulness. But the rest of the world looks pretty darn strong, at least for now.
  
      
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  Wednesday, February 5, 2020
  How can anyone look at this global data and not see recovery from a near-miss recession? Next month is another matter...
  
      
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    Tuesday, January 7, 2020
  Results are spotty around the world, but the whiff of recovery and reflation is in the air.
  