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Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... construction, transport & storage, property & business services, finance & insurance - and a 0.6 per cent fall in manufacturing. Higher commodity prices continue to boost investment spending in mining, rising by 4 percent in the March quarter after a ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... months and points to further weakness in the US economy in the next 6-9 months. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index scored its ninth consecutive month of negative result in August, falling by 12.7 percent following a sharper 16.3 percent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... shares plunged 11.5 per cent, or by 24 cents to 185, after the short term cost of the move of much of the company's manufacturing offshore was revealed. Fisher & Paykel helped take the benchmark NZSX-50 index down 16.99 points to 3334.15.

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... seen to worsen, falling to 10 from 17 in July. Meanwhile, markets expect the advance estimate of the Eurozone's manufacturing PMI to drop to 47 in August from 47.4 in the previous month. Likewise, consensus expectations centre on a drop in the services ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... expect inflation to ease later in the year, they noted that the outlook is "highly uncertain". Meanwhile, the ISM non-manufacturing index rose to 49.5 in July from 48.2 in the previous month. This is higher than market forecasts for a gain to 48.8 and ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... know what is happening to the US economy following last week's data releases - real GDP, non-farm payrolls, ISM manufacturing survey - it is getting weaker. The wording of the Fed statement could provide the market with clues on Fed thinking over the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to fall after US equities slumped on readings on jobs and manufacturing which indicated that businesses and workers still face a tough economy. The miners may decline as metals including gold and copper slipped ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... 7.3 percent in June. Today in Australia, the TD Securities inflation expectations report, the AIG's performance of manufacturing index and the RBA commodity price index are due for release.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... or 0.96 per cent, to 4,930. Today, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for July is released. So to the Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for July and the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... 62,000 decline in June. The unemployment rate is also expected to tick up to 5.6 percent from 5.5 percent. The ISM manufacturing survey - a good leading indicator of activity in the US -- is expected to continue to weaken, falling to 49.2 in July from ...