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A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... has appreciated by 3.3% over the past three months and 21.8% over the year. Latest data indicating weakness in the Empire State and Philly Fed surveys - and the loss of momentum in Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing PMI - shows that this study ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... news -- bad news that's good news. Hip, hip... Now combine these with last night's fresh disappointing releases - empire state manufacturing index eased to 6.90 in March from 7.78 in the previous month (new orders now in contraction at minus 2.39); industrial ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... while you're at it curse the weather too for the weak manufacturing conditions in New York and Philadelphia - the Empire State manufacturing PMI slid to a reading of 4.48 in Feb from 12.51 in Jan; the Philly Fed index fell to minus 6.3 in Feb from plus ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... going is going good for the US. But what about the disappointing Philly Fed survey (also released last night) and the Empire State survey (reported earlier this week... or the 16% plunge in housing starts in January? Don't worry about them, they're caused ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... stock markets were in a bubble, despite strong gains this year. Markets meanwhile shrugged off a fall in the Fed's Empire State Manufacturing business condition index for November, which dropped to a negative 2.21 from a positive 1.52 in October, the ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... since February 2011. After two months in the plus, the Philly Fed index fell back into the red this month. So did the Empire State index. It went negative in May - the first red ink since January. Be afraid if these latest weekly/monthly data instalments ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... quarter since 2008, putting the economy on firmer footing." Yes Virginia, last week the disappointing results from the Empire State and the Philly Fed surveys indicated that US growth momentum is on the slow lane. Headline: "China's Recovery Falters ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... expected an 8.0% print and anxiety over the Boston bombings. And oh, indications that the US is slowing - both the Empire State manufacturing index and the NAHB confidence index dropped and disappointed. Tuesday: S&P 500 up 1.4% as traders forgot all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. The Federal Reserve's Empire State manufacturing index for the New York region fell for a second straight month in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... downside risks escalate. Investors are ignoring recent US reports that are again surprising on the upside. There's the Empire State manufacturing index that in March rose to its highest level since June 2011. There's April industrial production growing ...