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status: not_available
error: "CloudFront bot mitigation blocks automated access to S&P Global PMI portals"
date_searched: 2026-04-23T00:43:42Z
urls_tried:
  - https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/public
  - https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/public/content/dam/spglobal/mi/en/documents/news-insights/research/2026/04/
---

S&P Global Japan PMI Flash releases for April 2026 are known to be behind CloudFront CDN bot protection. According to MEMORY.md (last verified 2026-04-22), automated retrieval is not possible without bot mitigation. The payload contains three indicators (Manufacturing PMI, Composite PMI, Services PMI) expected in the same release document, but source is inaccessible.