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Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... leaves little room for confusion. China's Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported that the country's purchasing managers' index clocked its fourth consecutive month of increases last month. The PMI rose to 53.2 in June from 53.1 in May. Clearly ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... 51.1. And it is looking likely that US new orders will continue to rise. Chinese growth has returned. Its purchasing managers index rose to 53.1 in May -- the sixth consecutive monthly increase and its third consecutive reading above 50. Japan is making ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... Wall Street staged another rally last night on better-than-expected US housing data and a rise in China's purchasing managers index above 50 - indicating that manufacturing there is once again expanding. They will. Those betting on another rate cut today ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... case, recent stats certainly do not reflect this. Reports out of Europe overnight show the UK construction purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to a record low of 38.8 in September from 40.5 in the previous month. This was to be expected as economic ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... year-on-year declines of 3.2 per cent in June and 0.4 per cent in the previous month. The Eurozone composite purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 48.2 in August from 48.0 in July. The index has been below the 50 expansion/contraction mark for two ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... particularly given last week's mixed readings from the German ZEW index, better-than-expected results in the Eurozone purchasing managers indices (PMI) - manufacturing and services - and the disappointing German PMI report. Financial markets expect the ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... external sector - due to a softening global economy. Europe: Financial market's will focus on the Eurozone's purchasing managers' index (PMI) data and the ZEW economic sentiment survey this week. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) economic ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... 1.6 percent in the 12 months to June following a 1.7 percent fall in the previous month. Similarly, the UK Purchasing Managers service index rose to 47.4 in July up from 47.1 but remained below the 50 expansion/contraction mark. The Australian Bureau ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... markets will get updates of M4 money supply, nationwide housing prices report, consumer confidence data and the purchasing managers index. UK consumer sentiment is being pulled down by several factors including the increasing squeeze on purchasing power ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... the week will see a number of economic data with the release of Germany's Ifo business climate indicator, purchasing managers indexes for France, Germany, and the Eurozone, Italian and French business confidence indicators, and Eurozone money supply. ...