The manufacturing PMI of Australia compiled by Markit stood at 51.7 points in August, a marked deterioration compared to the previous 56.9 points. This is what emerges from the preliminary reading of the data, which disregarded the estimates, equal to 56.7 points.
The services sector is very bad and still in a phase of contraction, with the relative SME index down to 43.3 points from 44.2 points in July and compared to the estimated 44 points, discounting the new lockdowns that have been imposed in the country.
News from the coronavirus front continues to be negative: in the last few hours, 818 new cases of Covid-19 infection have emerged in New South Wales, after thousands of protesters violated government-imposed restrictions by taking to the streets and thus generating several cases of gatherings.
Three new deaths certified on a daily basis: the victims are a man in his 60s, another man in his 70s, and a woman in his 80s.
The two men had received a dose of the Covid vaccine, while the woman had not been vaccinated.
It should be noted that, to date, 5,951,886 vaccines have been inoculated in New South Wales.
Across Australia, 6.06 million people received both doses – 23.9% of the population.