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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... stock buyback and trimmed expansion plans. A government report on job creation in May and the Institute for Supply Management's gauge of US manufacturing activity both beat forecasts and underpinned the market. But while the data increased optimism about ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... the building materials firm. The FTSE 100 ended 53.3 points higher at 6,537.8 as data from the Institute for Supply Management showed the U.S. services sector had expanded at a greater-than-expected rate in April. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,476.69 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... Big-cap manufacturers, including Honeywell and Caterpillar, traded higher following data from the Institute for Supply Management showing national factory activity in April rose to the highest in nearly a year and above economists' median forecast. The ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... slightly at 0.7 per cent following the fall of 4.7 per cent that occurred last month. However, the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index decreased from 52.3 to 50.9 indicating that sentiment in that industry is still fickle. The index ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... However this must be weighed against the news from the manufacturing sector which according to the Institute for Supply Management surveys had its index fall to 49.5 whereas that for the non-manufacturing index rose to 58.9. Scores above 50 indicate ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... that most have been expecting is showing signs of being a little harder than anticipated. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index decreased from 51.2 to 49.9 points in November suggesting a period of contraction is ahead as the score ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... the US Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates lessened yesterday with the release of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index which fell from 54.5 to 52.9 as a consequence of a fall in the employment and inventory components of ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... moderate slowdown in growth from strong levels but that inflation really is becoming a problem. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index declined to 60.1 in May from 63.0 in the previous month. All of the index's components remained ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... major domestic releases include updates on retail sales and capital spending. US payrolls and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index are among the significant data releases offshore.

Daily economic update

... real GDP. Forward indicators also indicate that there is no slowing yet in the US economy. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index rose to 63.0 in April - the highest since October last year -- from 60.4 in the previous month. ...