Global Manufacturing Slowdown 2025: Post-AI Bubble Hangover and What Smart Investors Should Do Next
📘 Part 1. When the World’s Factories Slow Down — What the Manufacturing Data Is Telling Us In early November 2025, the global economy once again found itself under the shadow of slowdown. After several years of post-pandemic recovery, global manufacturing has clearly entered a period of “cooling down.” According to the latest reports from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and S&P Global, the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for major manufacturing countries has stayed below 50 for eight consecutive months. That is the longest stretch of contraction since COVID-19, and it signals that “demand shortfall” is spreading across the world’s production network. 1️⃣ Manufacturing PMI: A World Map Below 50 China: 49.3 (below 50 for 7 straight months) South Korea: 48.8 (new export orders −5.2%) Japan: 48.7 (export slowdown + rising costs) Germany: 44.9 (lowest since the 2012 eurozone debt crisis) United States (ISM Manufactur...