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Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images S&P Global’s PMI survey data showed a weakening trend in worldwide trade in March, indicating that the outbreak of war in the Middle East has knocked off course a trade recovery that had been building earlier in the year. Most affected so far has been the service sector, reflecting disruptions to travel as well as trade in financial services amid heightened...
Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images S&P Global’s PMI survey data showed a weakening trend in worldwide trade in March, indicating that the outbreak of war in the Middle East has knocked off course a trade recovery that had been building earlier in the year. Most affected so far has been the service sector, reflecting disruptions to travel as well as trade in financial services amid heightened economic uncertainty. Goods trade has also slowed but has been partially supported by the building of safety stocks, helping keep merchandise trade flows in growth territory in March. Trade flows hit by Middle East conflict The worldwide Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) surveys indicated that global trade slipped back into decline at the end of the first quarter on the outbreak of war in the Middle East. The seasonally adjusted Global PMI New Export Orders, sponsored by J.P. Morgan and compiled by S&P Global, fell to 49.7 in March from 51.2 in February, dropping below the 50.0 neutral mark to signal falling trade volumes. March’s decline comes after trade rose in February for the first time in nearly a year, in part reflecting easing headwinds from US tariff policy. While the February reading, which had been the highest since November 2021, had been compiled just ahead of the outbreak of war in the Middle East, March’s data reflected the deteriorating trade environment amid the escalation of the conflict. Trade dips after outbreak of war in the Middle East The worsening trade picture was driven by the sharpest fall in exports of services for ten months. Manufacturing export orders, meanwhile, rose only very marginally, the expansion weakening from February’s 56-month high, led by fewer exports of basic materials amid the blockage of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The March manufacturing PMI data nevertheless indicated encouraging resilience and a further modest revival of manufacturing exports globally, broadly consistent with goods export volumes growing at a 5% annual ...