Markit services PMI (also called IHS Markit US Services PMI) is a sentiment indicator, which measures the health of the US services businesses by studying the opinion of the industry’s purchasing managers. It is one of the important leading fundamental indicators. PMI values above 50 signal expansion of economic activity. Values below 50 signal contraction of economic activity. This services PMI is reported monthly by the IHS Markit on the third business day after the month ends. Better-than-expected values have potential to push the US dollar up. Worse-than-expected values usually bear negative effect on the USD. The blog posts below feature descriptions of the Markit services PMI reports released since 2015.
It is somewhat similar to the ISM services PMI.
Note: Do not confuse this indicator with Markit manufacturing PMI.
2018
- EUR/USD Flat After ADP Employment Missed Expectations
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After Five Days of Gains
- EUR/USD Volatile After NFP, Stabilizes Above Opening Level
- EUR/USD Bounces amid Mixed Data
- EUR/USD Gets Boost from Underwhelming US Employment
- EUR/USD Rallies After Intraday Drop
- EUR/USD Slips After US Services Data
- EUR/USD Remains Subdued After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Attempts to Rally on Profit-Taking, Fails
- EUR/USD Down for Third Day as US Treasury Yield Surges
- EUR/USD Rises on Mixed US Data, Trade Wars Escalation
- EUR/USD Fails to Maintain FOMC-Infused Rally
- EUR/USD Recovers from Intraday Drop
- EUR/USD Rebounds Sharply After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Reverses Earlier Gains, Halts Decline After US Services Sector Data
- EUR/USD Rises to Highest in Three Years
- EUR/USD Sticks to Gains Following ADP Employment Report
2017
- EUR/USD Drops After Release of Solid US Economic Reports
- EUR/USD Drops Despite Slowing US Services Sector
- EUR/USD Erases Gains After US New Home Sales Data
- EUR/USD Unable to Rally on Back of Poor US NFP
- EUR/USD Stable After Economic Releases
- EUR/USD Shows Muted Reaction to US Data
- EUR/USD Drifts Closer to Opening After Strong Start of Session
- EUR/USD Little Changed as Traders Assess Chances of Rate Hike
- EUR/USD Reverses Movement Yet Again
- EUR/USD Falls as ISM Services PMI Trails Forecasts
- EUR/USD Slips, Remains Near Highest Since August 2015
- EUR/USD Rallies, Extends Move Up After ADP Employment
- EUR/USD Rallies After Markit PMIs Miss Expectations
- EUR/USD Drops Even as US Services Sector Fails to Meet Expectations
- EUR/USD Goes Higher After FOMC Minutes
- EUR/USD Down After Fed & Set of Solid US Indicators
- US Existing Home Sales Pace Highest Since 2007, EUR/USD Falls
- EUR/USD Bounces After FOMC Releases Minutes of Policy Meeting
- EUR/USD Climbs After Release of PMIs from Eurozone
- EUR/USD Bounces, Erasing Weekly Loss
- EUR/USD Slides amid Fed Tightening Talks
- EUR/USD Edged Higher After Wage Inflation Misses Expectations
- EUR/USD Slides amid Trump Worries
- EUR/USD Rises on Negative US Employment Expectations
2016
- EUR/USD Stable After Halting Decline
- EUR/USD Swings Down Then Up After Italy’s Referendum
- EUR/USD Rebounds on Black Friday
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After Two Days of Gains
- Dollar Falls vs. Euro, Decline Limited
- EUR/USD Flat After ADP Employment Disappoints
- EUR/USD Ends Four-Day Rally
- EUR/USD Edges Higher Ahead of Jackson Hole & Yellen’s Speech
- EUR/USD Drops After ADP Report
- EUR/USD Resumes Decline After Good New Home Sales Data
- EUR/USD Bounces from Initial Decline
- EUR/USD Up 1.6% After NFP Shock Market
- EUR/USD Sticks Head Up, Probing for Rally
- EUR/USD Trades Mostly Sideways
- EUR/USD Rides on Poor Data Coming from USA
- EUR/USD Drops After US Services Data, Attempts to Recover
- Fifth Day of Losses for EUR/USD
- Poor US Data Drives EUR/USD Higher Even as ECB Policy Meeting Looms
- EUR/USD Avoids Another Session of Losses, For Now
- Weak Services Data Leads to Crash of USD vs. Euro
- EUR/USD Flat as Traders Wait for Fed
- Dollar Down vs. Euro as Fed Policy Minutes Look Dovish
2015
- EUR/USD Jumps 3% After ECB
- EUR/USD Falls, Losses Limited
- EUR/USD Sinks as Yellen Talks About December Hike
- EUR/USD Flat, Waiting for FOMC Decision
- EUR/USD Fails to Extend Friday’s Rally
- EUR/USD Falls After Yellen’s Comments, Trims Losses Later
- Mario Draghi Sends EUR/USD into Sharp Decline
- EUR/USD Slips Back After Huge Jump
- Mixed Reports Bring Volatility to EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Fails to Rally on FOMC Statement
- EUR/USD Bounces After Opening Sharply Lower
- Uncertainty About Greek Bailout Results in Volatile Trading for EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Halts Rally After US Jobless Claims
- EUR/USD Hits Monthly Low
- EUR/USD Rises, Halts Rally Upon PMI Release
- EUR/USD Ticks Up During Quiet Trading
- Dollar’s Weakness Extends into New Week