TTI Releases Weekly Global Update for October 2, 2019

IHS Markit has released preliminary (flash) PMI data for select countries (chart 1):

U.S. manufacturing activity improved slightly based on the ISM flash PMI (chart 2)
Europe dropped further into contraction (chart 3) with Germany continuing to plunge (chart 4) and France also declining (chart 5)
Japan saw its PMI drop further into manufacturing contraction in September (Chart 6)