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Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... good leading indicator of the US economy and had been in expansion territory (above 50) since August 2009. Purchasing managers indices in Asia and Europe have been expanding as well. While already ancient, last Friday's upward revision to US fourth quarter ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... U.S. borders" are also improving? And they appear to be given the almost universal improvement in the latest purchasing managers indices in China, India, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Brazil, Czech Republic, Turkey... shall ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... the University of Michigan. They're no longer scared of dipping into their savings. Reports that the Chicago Purchasing Managers index rose by more than expected in January continues to trend of strengthening manufacturing activity in the US. It rose ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... OECD leading indicator - the one that tracks the future performance of the developed economies - and global purchasing managers indices have picked up towards the close of 2010. And in case that falters, there's always the Fed to rely on. It's actions ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... on banks several times this year and even lifted interest rates in November, yet we saw last week that its purchasing managers index continued to expand. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." The European Central Bank's announcement that it would ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... not for a command economy like China where Beijing dictates what is best. Seen the latest China stats? The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 55.2 in November from 54.7 in the previous month and expectations of only a paltry increase to 54.8. This ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... strength in the Chinese economy. Not to mention, last Friday's report of a stronger Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers index in September. You want to know where the Australian dollar and Australian interest rates and the outlook for the Australian ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... surged by 31 per cent in the second quarter. There was not so good news out of China. HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index slid to 49.4 in July from 50.4 in June. Below 50! That spells contraction. But this is the contraction China has ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index are all set for release this evening. At least we Australians ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... US growth unusually certain? European growth, too, looks unusually certain. The Markit Economics composite purchasing managers index of services and manufacturing in the Eurozone rose to 56.7 in July from 56 in the previous month. This is better than ...