April 2016; A dramatic fall for the headline

Main conclusions:

  • A slump in April headline to 46.5
  • Two sub-indices in positive territory
  • Highest for stocks of purchases
  • Lowest for output
  • We release today the latest reading (no 37) of our manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Nigeria, which takes the temperature of the sector. Our PMI was the first in Nigeria. It has developed into a core forward indicator.

    A PMI is a simple exercise. A selection of companies is asked their view each month on core variables in their business. The respondent, who is characteristically the purchasing manager in a larger firm, has three possible replies: better, unchanged or worse than the previous month. According to the standard methodology, 50 marks a neutral reading and anything higher suggests that the manufacturing economy is expanding. Readings are released at the very beginning of the new month.

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