ISM report on U.S. manufacturing shows PMI at 53.4 in March against 52.4 in February:
Euro zone unemployment rose to 10.8% in February, with youth unemployment in Spain reaching 50.5%
China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) hit an 11-month high with a stronger-than-expected reading but a separate private survey by HSBC, which focuses more on smaller factories than the large state-owned enterprises captured in the official data, painted a gloomier picture:
