Purchasing managers' index (PMI) · Zambia
Zambia Stanbic Bank Zambia PMI
The Zambia Stanbic Bank Zambia PMI is a monthly survey of purchasing managers in Zambia that measures whether business activity, new orders, employment and prices are rising or falling.
- Importance
- Medium
Derniers chiffres
La dernière publication, pour MAR, est parue le 2025-04-03 et s’est établie à 49.3. C’est moins que 50.9 la fois précédente.
| Publié | Pour | Réel | Consensus | Précédent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2025 | MAR | 49.3 | – | 50.9 |
Pourquoi c’est important
PMIs are among the first data published for each month, weeks before official output figures, and they have a good record of tracking GDP. A reading above 50 means growth, below 50 contraction. Flash (preliminary) PMIs for the major economies can move currencies and stock indices strongly.
Mode de calcul
Companies answer whether each item (output, new orders, employment, delivery times, stocks of purchases) is higher, the same or lower than a month earlier. Each answer set becomes a diffusion index; the manufacturing headline is a weighted average of five of them, the services headline is the activity question.
Diffusion index = % higher + ½ × % same
Manufacturing PMI = 0.30 new orders + 0.25 output + 0.20 employment + 0.15 delivery times (inverted) + 0.10 stocksCe que signifient les variations
- Above 50 and rising: an accelerating economy, supportive for the the local currency and local stocks.
- The composite PMI combines manufacturing and services and is the best single guide to GDP.
- Look at new orders (future activity) and prices charged (inflation pressure).
Supérieur aux attentes : A stronger figure than expected points to a healthier economy: it usually supports the the local currency and local stocks, and can push bond yields up.
Inférieur aux attentes : A weaker figure than expected points to slowing activity: the the local currency tends to soften and markets price in lower rates.
Un bref historique
The PMI method comes from the US purchasing managers' survey of the 1940s; the PMIs now produced for more than 40 countries started in the UK in 1992 and spread across Europe and Asia in the following decades.
Questions
What is the Zambia Stanbic Bank Zambia PMI?
The Zambia Stanbic Bank Zambia PMI is a monthly survey of purchasing managers in Zambia that measures whether business activity, new orders, employment and prices are rising or falling.
What was the latest Zambia Stanbic Bank Zambia PMI?
49.3 for MAR, published on 3 April 2025.
Why is 50 the key level of a PMI?
It is the point where as many companies report improvement as report deterioration: above it, activity is growing.
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