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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... indicate weakness in the world's top economy, following last week's soft retail sales, consumer sentiment and industrial production figures. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by Spark New Zealand and paced by Sky City Entertainment Group and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... recovery may not be as strong as thought - making an interest rate rise unlikely in the near future. US industrial production fell 0.3 per cent in April, the fifth straight month of decline, while the University of Michigan's US consumer sentiment index ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... in the same survey showing that firms expect to cut capital spending by 1.2% in the coming fiscal year. "Industrial production has been picking up." The data says not. While the latest data came in ahead of expectations, the decline in industrial output ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... YORK - The S&P 500 has edged higher to a new record in choppy trade following disappointing reports on US industrial production and consumer confidence. The S&P 500 rose 1.63 points (0.08) to 2,122.73, notching its second straight record close on Friday. ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... that firms expect to cut capital spending by 1.2% in the coming fiscal year. The BOJ also claimed that "...industrial production has been picking up" or that "Private consumption as a whole has remained resilient against the background of steady improvement ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... mantra? Certainly the Fed's got its eyes on the latest update on what is considered a leading indicator of industrial production and business investment in the economy. What it saw wasn't good. Disappointing durable goods orders put into question the ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... index eased to 6.90 in March from 7.78 in the previous month (new orders now in contraction at minus 2.39); industrial production edged up a lower than expected 0.1% last month following January's 0.3% decline; housing market index weakened to 53 in ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... this. But where there's smoke, there's... Disappointing fresh data releases out of China - retail sales, industrial production, fixed asset investment - provide extra fuel to these speculation. The PBOC must act before the on-going economic slowdown ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... 8.0% adjusted for inflation. Given these, the surprise 11.9% increase in retail spending and 7.9% rise in industrial production in December becomes hardly surprising. We've gotten some scares - slowing property; shadow banking; ballooning government ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... data releases scheduled for the beginning of this week. However, Milan dropped 0.85 per cent after Italian industrial production contracted 0.9 per cent in September. The euro slid to $US1.2430 from $US1.2456 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian ...