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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... from 1.5 in November -- sharply higher than expectations for an increase to 4 and the highest reading since April. The Philly Fed manufacturing index surged to 21.5 reading in December from 7.6 in November - also significantly higher than market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... "permanent" than part-timers. The 'permanent income hypothesis" helps explain the slowing in Australian retail sales. US Philly Fed survey The Philadelphia Fed's latest business outlook survey tells the same story of a good headline but not so good details. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
US Richmond Fed manufacturing index The Richmond Fed manufacturing survey, like the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys released before it, is considered second-tier and like them, the latest update indicated slowing manufacturing activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... hawkish Fedspeaks but it also provides the latest indication of activity in the US economy and, it isn't so nice. The Philly Fed index posted a minus 1.8 reading in May - even lower than the low end of market expecations of between 0 and 6.5 - from April's ...

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... Empire State manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 19.4 in January from minus 4.6 in the previous month; the Philly Fed index remains in contraction at minus 3.5 in January (although better than December's minus 10.2 reading); the Chicago ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... 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 would not surprise ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... among others. Latest indications from the LMCI confirm the indications from the disappointing retail sales and PMI and Philly Fed - that is, there's still little improvement in US labour market conditions. The index slowed to a reading of 0.8 in June ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... 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 9.4 in Jan. Blame the weather too for the drop in retail spending in Canada (down 1.8% ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... jobless claims, leading index - also suggested that the 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 ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... March. US housing starts plunged in April - the biggest fall 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. ...
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