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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... was unchanged at 62.1 (although it slipped from the preliminary reading of 62.6). This is consistent with the decline in the ISM non-manufacturing index to a reading of 60.1 in June from 64.0 in May. The report showed that non-manufacturing business ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... increased business activity." These are some of the comments made by respondents to the US Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) survey of the services sector for March. This optimism is reflected in the Services PMI which jumped to a record high ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... activity are lifting. The NFIB business optimism index increased to a seven-month high reading of 104.0 in September. The ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices have both returned back to readings indicating expansion for four months running ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it." This is backed by the continued improvement in the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 56.0 in August from ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... is backed up by the improvement in both big and small business activity and optimism. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices continued to improve after dropping to the 11-year lows in April. The ISM manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Representatives two weeks ago (30 June). True that..."resumption of economic activity". The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) surveys show the manufacturing and services sectors bouncing back into expansion territory (above 50). The ISM manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... positive results in vaccine research helped. So has the re-opening of commerce in America, underscored by the improvement in the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing from their April lows and the fall in the unemployment from the record high of 14.7% ...

Advice, but not as you know it

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... which can become highly reactive and short-term focused and can end up destroying long-term value." This idea of "short-term-ism" is something Lamborn said has been an issue in the advice industry for some time. "Short term-ism we believe is one of the ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... unemployment rate lifting to 10.4% this year and only easing to 9.1% in 2021. This is affirmed by the continued deterioration in the ISM manufacturing employment index to a reading of 43.8 in March from 46.9 in the previous month; the ISM non-manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... quantitative tightening wrong from the first days of Jay Powell!" It's the latest update from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) which shows the manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 48.1 in November - the fourth straight month indicating ...
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