I popped the SK manufacturing PMI results onto the end of the japan post:
Nikkei Japan Manufacturing PMI for May, final: 49.8 (prior 50.2)
But, ICYMi:
PMI manufacturing fell to 48.4
- from 50.2 in April
- New export orders contraction for a 10th straight month
- New orders contracted for a seventh straight month
- "Given the recent re-escalation of trade tensions between the United States and China, as well as no real signs of the downturn in the global trade cycle bottoming out, South Korean manufacturers are facing extreme difficulties," said Joe Hayes, an economist at IHS Markit. manufacturers cutting headcount
- production fell on weak demand
- South Korean firms are scaling back their future output plans amid the increasing economic challenges.
Awesome work from the trade war people.