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Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... outlook improves, so too should sentiment lift in Australia, Craig argued. "To be clear, resumption of manufacturing production activity is still slow, and the risk of a new wave of infections should not be neglected," he said. "However, as retail activity ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... 6.2% jump in utilities output and a small 0.2% gain (albeit, the first positive reading in 6 months) in manufacturing production. The capacity utilisation rate increased to 75.5% in December from 74.9% in November and slightly better than market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... following August's 0.5% drop (downwardly revised from a 0.4% decline). A stronger than expected 0.2% gain in manufacturing production and a 0.4% rise in mining output over the month were offset by a 1.0% decrease in utilities. Year-on-year, overall industrial ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.6% in the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June and trade deficit widened in June. This disconnect makes it hardly surprising for DoubleLine Capital ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... with a similar 6.0% expansion in the previous month and expectations for a 5.9% rise. A 7.2% jump on manufacturing production and a 2.4% increase in production of electricity, gas, water production and water supply accounted for the bulk of May's increase. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... by 0.2% in the year to March after a 0.1% pick up in the previous month, due largely to a 1.9% drop in manufacturing production - the largest drop in almost three years - which accounts for around 70% of total industrial production. Weak global demand ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... fourth quarter economy as firms run down their stocks. More worrying is its implication for industrial and manufacturing production - slow, at best, until inventories hit painters - a fact we just saw from the weakening Markit US PMI manufacturing index ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... most commodities. This is a major no-no for a resource-based economy like Australia. Needless to say, manufacturing production had been in steady decline (in year-on-year terms) since March 2012. The future looks not any good either. The AiG Performance ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... I say it's alright). Coming on the heels of last week's Markit Economics report that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia", the latest purchasing managers survey of the service industry shows activity ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... straight month that the index had been below the 50 expansion/contraction line - and that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. ...
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