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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... October, helped by a jump in electronics and appliances, while inflation was muted at the wholesale level. A key manufacturing index for New York also surged to its first positive reading in six months in November, suggesting an upturn in business conditions. ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... over the yuletide as retailers pass on this reduced cost to consumers. We don't have to, the Empire State manufacturing index has given us a first glimpse of this cheer - it, too, is expecting increased spending. The index rose to 0.6 in November, up ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... hard, solid evidence to back their move - economic stats came in better than expectations. The US ISM non-manufacturing index came in at 53 in September - better than the 52.8 drop markets expected. While this is down slightly from the 53.3 posted in ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... sickness and in health' Greece married, is it? Good thing, things seemed to improving in America. The US ISM manufacturing index rose to 51.6 last month from 50.6 in August - better than expectations for a dip to 50.5. This index is a good and reliable ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... speaking of growth, fresh data out of America are nothing to write home about either. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index came in at minus17.5 in September from minus 30.7 in the previous month. This is the third negative reading in four months ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... the liquidity of european banks and the Greek bailout also resurfaced, further hurting sentiment. A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... moves really came in the US session. "We got some really bad data on top of the sell-off in Europe." A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... depression) from one week to the next. Instead, tell me about the positive US yield curve or about the ISM manufacturing index - they both signal that America is not about to head the R path. You want positive equity market news. Tell me about the second ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... November - brought home "the US is slowing" point, particularly as it added to yesterday's disappointing ISM manufacturing index numbers and last week's poor US second quarter real GDP growth result. One thing I could say, it really feels like August ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... deal is done and voila, here we are. A sharp 4.4-point drop in the US Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index took the thunder off the deal news. The index fell to 50.9 in July - still above the 50 expansion/contraction line, but only ...