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Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... conditions in America. All the signs leading up to Friday night's jobs release pointed to this. Let's count the ways. The ISM indices - manufacturing and non-manufacturing. These are reliable and good leading indicators of the US economy. Both have been ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... been doing so for the past 19 months straight and its employment component rose to its highest level since January 1973. The ISM non-manufacturing sector index released last night gave further indication of accelerating economic activity in the US. The ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... conditions seems likely to lead to a somewhat more rapid pace of economic recovery in 2011 than we saw last year." Last night's ISM manufacturing index report gave credence to Benny's words. The index rose to 61.4 in February from 60.8 in the previous ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... too slow for comfort... but it's getting there. The positive signals we've seen from strengthening activity indicators -- ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing index, personal income and spending, motor vehicle sales, same store sales -consumer sentiment ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... United States lately, there were more added last night. We've seen the strong expansion in US manufacturing highlighted by the ISM manufacturing index's jump to its highest reading in seven years, last night's report showed the services sector also continuing ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... results, data released overnight continued the flow of improving stats on America's economy. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - which I consider the most reliable leading gauge of the US economy - jumped to 60.8 in January ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... summer, it wouldn't be until the second half of next year that we'll see significant improvement in this stat. In contrasts, the ISM manufacturing index, for one, is a leading indicator of the economy - it leads by about 6 months. It's been in expansion ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... payrolls number is slated for release on Friday with consensus predicting a 145K increase. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index may have slipped to 56.6 in November from 56.9 per cent in the previous month, but it remains in expansion ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... per cent if US companies beat profit expectations. Forward indicators such as the leading index of economic indicators, the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and the yield curve point to continued improvement. And just yesterday, we saw ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... data such as the rebound in consumer confidence and retail spending, a narrowing trade deficit and on-going strength in the ISM indices, leaves little doubt that the US economy is moving upwards and onwards. And in case there's still a little inkling ...