Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1301 - 1310 of 1540 results for "Manufacturing"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... advertisements data for October, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for October and the TD Securities - Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for October are due. On the company ...

I'll have what she's having

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... While financial and lending institutions are the very conspicuous victims of the current crisis, other industries - manufacturing, wholesale, retail, trade, you name it - are also in dire straits. Pain in many, if not all, business sectors is inevitable ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... the US economic glass half-empty as they focused on more troubling data releases overnight. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index - which covers eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware - plummeted an 18-year low to -37.5 in October ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... consumers reducing their spending and businesses concerned over the economic outlook. According to the Beige Book, manufacturing activity 'slowed in most Districts,' the residential property sector 'remained weak,' and the commercial property market ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... previous month. This may have been due to the China factor. But even China is now showing signs of strain. China's manufacturing PMI fell to 47.7 in September - the lowest level for the year - from 49.2 in the previous month. The rescue of the rescue ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... economic news today, the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for September, and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its index of commodity prices. The Hudson ...

One down, more to follow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... external sector, it is not looking for the world's biggest economy. Data released in the US overnight show that the ISM manufacturing index - a reliable leading indicator of growth - fell to 49.9 in August from 50 in the previous month. The index has ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... cent increase in the first. This was followed by the 20.4 per cent rise in profits in the construction industry. Manufacturing rose by 14.6 per cent, retail trade profits increased by 7.8 per cent and wholesale by 3.5 per cent. Soaring profit growth ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... durable goods and the upward revision to second quarter real GDP, US markets will get the August updates on the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes, the Beige Book, unit labour costs and payrolls. The ISM manufacturing index is expected to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... inflation gauge, and the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers issue their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index, also both for August. In equities, with the end of the profit reporting season last Friday, news is quieter from ...