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Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... companies beat profit expectations. Forward indicators such as the leading index of economic indicators, the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and the yield curve point to continued improvement. And just yesterday, we saw the latest data ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... when financial markets were only expecting a reading of 5. Any number greater than zero indicates an expansion in manufacturing activity. There's a positive trend happening on the labour front too. Jobless claims rose by 2,000 in the week ended 13 November ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... week's improved consumer confidence report adds to the better-than-expected results on employment, retail sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer confidence index rose to 69.3 in November - ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... temp hires point to continued improvement in coming months. This is reinforced by the 2.5-point rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to 56.9 in October. The components provided an even rosier picture - new orders increased by almost 8 points while ...

AMP appoints director of advice

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... within the finance function, and managed business projects across financial planning, advice & services, product manufacturing and finance.

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... major export market - its European neighbours - and tough fiscal austerity measures would continue to drag down manufacturing activity. If I had more time and space, I could find more bad news for you to chew on. But you get the drift. Still, this could ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... wait for the US Federal Reserve and its QE2. Tomorrow's data on US retail sales, consumer confidence, Empire State manufacturing and the budget statement should provide better indications if we are, in fact, going to get QE2.

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... this is borne out by some economic data such as payrolls and consumer confidence but there are also some - the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices, among others - that indicate that, albeit slow, America's recovery is still proceeding. At ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... hurry. The average workweek for all workers showed no change in September from the previous month's 34.2 hours. The manufacturing workweek even fell by 0.1 hour and factory overtime was flat at 3.0 hours. Worse-sest-sest. Average hourly earnings were ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... tenders. In June 2007, the Australian Industry Group (AiG) published a report titled, "The Australian dollar and manufacturing exports: Shaping earnings and prospects." In its report, AiG found that "nearly two-thirds of manufacturers believe their exports ...