Australia - Services PMI for August: 42.5 (prior 44.0)

This is the final of the 5 PMIs from Australia for the month, the Australian Industry Group Performance of Services Index

The small fall for this a bit of a win, with the shutdown of Australia's second-largest city (that is not ending anytime soon) it could have been much worse.

Some of the details are not encouraging, though. Employment was slashed by 8 points dow to 39.4. Sales (43.3) new orders (45.2) were both lower also.

All the other August PMI:

• Australia - AiG Manufacturing PMI for August: 49.3 (prior 53.5)
• Australia - CBA/Markit Manufacturing PMI for August 53.6 (final)
• Australia August Construction PMI 37.9 (prior 42.7)
• Australia August PMI Services 49.0 & Composite 49.4