Multiple manufacturing PMI readings for October point to slower factory activity across Italy, Japan and South Korea. In Italy, the manufacturing PMI is reported at 49.4 for October, indicating weaker momentum. In Japan, separate reports describe the manufacturing PMI slowing to a seven-month low, alongside another measure pointing to a seven-month low figure of 53.3.
In South Korea, outlets report the manufacturing PMI easing to an eight-month low, describing slower factory activity. One Japan-focused report adds that October factory growth slows as costs pick up, framing the slowdown in terms of rising cost pressures alongside the PMI change. Overall, the outlets broadly emphasize month-on-month deterioration and the specific “low” durations reached, with differing attention on either the headline index level or cost conditions driving the reading.
