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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... policies". US small business optimism It appears that the reported improvement in the US ISM manufacturing -- up to 51.8 in March from 49.5 in Feb -- and non-manufacturing - up to 59.8 from 57.8 -- indices still has to flow on to the small business sector. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... business confidence The latest NAB business survey shows that Australian business conditions and confidence improved in March. Business conditions increased to a reading of 12 in March - the highest level since early 2008 -- from 8 in February and 6 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... business confidence The latest NAB business survey shows that Australian business conditions and confidence improved in March. Business conditions increased to a reading of 12 in March - the highest level since early 2008 -- from 8 in February and 6 ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... is in line with the latest Nikkei/Markit Japan manufacturing PMI report showing the index falling to a reading of 49.1 in March from 50.1 in February. Lead indications from new orders - down at the fastest rate in two years - and international demand ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... relative calm in the country's equity market and a more positive outlook - Caixin/Markit China composite PMI rose to 51.3 in March from 49.4 in February - contributed to a higher-than-expected US$10.2 billion increase in China's foreign exchange reserves ...

New hires strengthens AMP Capital equities team

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... team." "I am also very pleased that David Allen, our new London-based global head of equities, has now commenced his role in March. Our global equities business is crucial in achieving our 2020 goal of becoming a pre-eminent global fund manager, and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... activity in Australia continues to slow. The AiG Performance of Construction Index fell to a 13th month low of 45.2 points in March from 46.1 in February. The latest result also marked the fourth straight month that the index had been below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... country's external accounts. AiG Australian Performance of Services Index Australia's service sector dipped into contraction in March with the AiG's Performance of Services Index falling to a reading of 49.5 from 51.8 in February. Four of the five sub-activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... general slowing in the consumer demand or softer pricing. ANZ job ads Australian job advertisements increased by 0.2% in March after dropping by 1.2% in the previous month as a 0.4% increase in online ads negated an 11.4% slump in newspaper advertisements. ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... lower currencies..." The latest US non-farm payrolls report showed employed increased by a higher-than-expected 215K in March, the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.0% from 4.9% in February (but this was due to the more jobseekers coming onto the market ...