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Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... GFC - yes, the boom years. The same is true for real personal income. Annual growth of 12.4 in US business sales (manufacturing and trade) is the highest on my records (dating back from January 1993). The only thing I don't have to complete the NBER ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... the good stories they've heard on cyberspace. The world is looking good. There was the story of China and how its manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers index) came in better-than-expected. There was a similar tale told about Europe. There's also the ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... deeper into financial markets' psyche - and mine - after the recent falls in the Empire State and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing indices in August. Both are now at levels consistent with periods of US recessions. Alternatively, these could just be rogue ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... sentiment unravelled overnight as fears about global growth, European sovereign debt and bank liquidity added to poor US manufacturing data. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.37 US cents, down from 104.83 US cents on Thursday. ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... big moves really came in the US session. "We got some really bad data on top of the sell-off in Europe." A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... cactus basket. What got my attention - perhaps, even shivers on my skin - is the freefall in the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing outlook survey. The index dropped like a stone to minus 30.7 in August - the lowest reading since March 2009 -- from plus ...

Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Perpetual Limited has closed its in-house manufacturing of their International Share funds (funds) in Ireland and moved across the Atlantic to US firm, Wellington Management Company. A review of the firm's market demand, profitability and alignment ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... the domestic economy. This is underscored by subdued credit growth and retail spending, softening house prices and manufacturing weakness. These, and last week's turmoil (buy op?) on financial markets have turned speculation of a rate hike into three ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... economy. The committee places less emphasis on the industrial production and real sales series, which mainly cover the manufacturing and goods-producing sectors of the economy. The committee also looks at estimates of monthly real GDP prepared by Macroeconomic ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... natural gas. Ulrich said 75% of China's power is generated by coal. The Asian giant uses that energy to power the manufacturing house of the world, creating everything from solar panels to slippers.