September industrial production: A mild recovery amidst general pessimism
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Tukey’s IP rose on a MoM basis but remains at depressed levels not observed since the heydays of the Covid-19 pandemic Judging by October ISO-S&P Global manufacturing PMI, the lackluster trend in production is set to continue. On the other hand, retails sales are staging a more durable recovery, while Turkstat and BloombergHT consumer confidence indices rebounded sharply since summer months. The gap between retail sales and production is inflationary and in contradiction with CBRT assertion that Turkey’s output gap is widening.
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After reviewing the data, chief economist of HSBC Asset Management Mr İbrahim Aksoy forecasted 3.5% GDP growth for 2024.
Although the PMI rose from 44.3 in September to 45.8 in October, it remained below the 50.0 threshold for the seventh consecutive month. In fact, excluding the levels of 50.2 and 50.0 in February and March this year, the manufacturing PMI has been below the 50 threshold since July 2023, with an average PMI reading of 48.3 during this period. The current PMI levels indicate that we may continue to see YoY contraction figures of close to 4.0% in the IP index over the next few months.
Our regular contributor Mr Serkan Gonencler reviewed the data for PATurkey:
The industrial production (IP) index rebounded by 1.6% MoM, but contracted by 2.4% in YoY terms. TurkStat announced that the seasonally and WD-adjusted IP index showed a monthly increase of 1.6% in September. Despite this increase, the index remains 5.7% below its peak in February of this year. On a YoY basis, the WD-adjusted index indicated a 2.4% YoY decline, while the unadjusted index showed a 4.4% drop, marking the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year contraction (-5.0%, -3.9%, -5.2%, and -2.4%).Quarterly data shows that the IP index contracted by 3.8% YoY in 3Q24 following the 1.9% shrinkage in 2Q24.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW-ICd0t2aA&t=1693s[/embed] For the January-September period, there is a limited YoY decline of 0.3%. Examining the longer-term trend, we see that the IP index continues to remain below levels reached at the end of 2021. While certain sectors have outperformed, there is still a general weakness across the board. For the January-September period, despite the overall subdued performance in most sectors, some key sectors like food, chemicals, basic metals, and electrical equipment have shown resilience. During this period, in YoY terms, the food sector recorded a 3.6% increase, chemicals rose by 3.5%, basic metals by 5.9%, and electrical equipment by 3.8%. On the other hand, sectors that registered annual contractions include apparel (-8.4%), textiles (-7.2%), plastics and rubber (-4.7%), motor vehicles (-3.6%), textiles (-2.3%), non-metallic mineral products (cement, glass, ceramics) (-2.0%), and metal products (-1.8%). Some sectors with relatively lower weight in the index displayed double-digit or near-double-digit declines in production: leather (-14.0%), tobacco (-9.4%), computers (-8.8%), wood products (-8.5%), and pharmaceuticals (-6.4%).The manufacturing PMI suggests that the annual contraction in the IP index may continue in the coming months.
Although the PMI rose from 44.3 in September to 45.8 in October, it remained below the 50.0 threshold for the seventh consecutive month. In fact, excluding the levels of 50.2 and 50.0 in February and March this year, the manufacturing PMI has been below the 50 threshold since July 2023, with an average PMI reading of 48.3 during this period. The current PMI levels indicate that we may continue to see YoY contraction figures of close to 4.0% in the IP index over the next few months.
