CONSTRUCTION MARKET

UK output dives in February / Slump in residential activity leads downturn

GERMAN ECONOMY

Business confidence stagnates / Plastics and rubber firms split on prospects for present, future

GERMAN ECONOMY

Business confidence edges higher / Main index still weak / Plastics, rubber firms more optimistic

POLYMER PRICES

North America December: Stable to slightly falling prices in combination with sluggish demand and adequate supply / Feedstock quotations firmer recently / Price rises in January unlikely

YEAR-ENDER: AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Economic woes stall sales growth / Trump´s trade war threats stoke fears for 2025

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Manufacturing indicators turn south / German processors again report improvements

EUROPEAN CAR MARKET

EU registrations rebound in October / Tariffs slowing Chinese imports / BEV demand to decline / Ford job cuts to focus on Germany

EUROPEAN POLITICS

EU commissioner candidates confirmed / Climate discussion front and centre / Von der Leyen plans to ‘engage' with Trump

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German, European industrial indicators edge higher / German shops report slightly better outlook / Economic concerns remain

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Processor pessimism hits pandemic levels / German managers voice further concerns / Worries about Eurozone mount

UK ECONOMY

Manufacturing on the mend? / June data, purchasing managers point to improvement

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German business confidence drops again / Processor optimism continues lower / Concerns about German, Eurozone recoveries on the rise

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Indicators tumble to suggest German stumble / Eurozone PMIs also decline / Ifo raises German growth outlook

POLYMER PRICES

North America May 2024: Rollover for most grades / Feedstock prices mixed / Converters still holding back on ordering / No price surges expected in June, but risk of hurricanes exists

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Mood among German firms unchanged / Plastics companies more pessimistic / Eurozone recovers for third month running

CONSTRUCTION

Eurozone construction activity slides again in April / Situation contrasts sharply with UK

EUROZONE ECONOMY

Purchasing managers report improved services / Manufacturing weakens again / German business morale jumps / Swiss central bank kicks off cycle of interest rate cuts

BRASKEM

Drop in sales volume, prices hampers result / Full-year 2023 net loss deepens considerably / CFO says Petrobras done with due diligence, Adnoc still in process

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Morale in German plastics industry deteriorates – ifo / Manufacturers voice further concerns / Brighter outlook for services in Germany, Europe

UK MANUFACTURING

Activity slumps in January / Supplier chain under pressure as Red Sea attacks on shipping continue

YEAR-ENDER: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Better results likely in 2024 / Demand to remain soft / Firms send mixed messages

YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Ifo: German economy ‘stabilising', plastics firms offer mixed picture / Eurozone outlook improves, managers say

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Euro area purchasing manager index hits 35-month low / German business confidence improves, optimism rises at plastics and rubber firms – ifo

POLYMER PRICES

North America July 2023: Contracts roll over or fall further / Oversupply of engineering thermoplastics / Feedstock prices rise / Styrene increases significantly / No trend turnaround in sight