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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Wall Street, stocks on Wednesday continued to climb to new records with investors buoyed by positive German industrial production data and higher Chinese exports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 48.92 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 15,105.12 po ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... showed that it's back to where it was at the start of the year - that of an economy regaining momentum. Industrial production rose by 0.4% in March - double market expectations. Better, February's 0.8% gain was revised to up 1.1%. Housing starts soared ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... the 7.9% rate recorded in the previous three-month period. And of course, the obligatory back ups: March industrial production lower-than-expected; Q1 fixed asset investment slowed; slowing power generation in March, and; a fall in daily crude steel ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing index. If you're ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... slumped by 1.5 per cent in January compared with December, official data showed, while a wider measure of industrial production that includes mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and water supply dropped by 1.2 per cent in January from December. HONG ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... for stimulation that might be needed given latest reports showing weaker than expected retail spending, industrial production and lending. Fitch Ratings slashed Italy's government debt rating from A-minus to BBB-plus with a negative outlook. And only ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... growth comeback. The better. China hard landing is dead. In addition to the improved data on retail sales, industrial production, exports, fixed asset investment we've seen so far, the latest HSBC flash PMI rose to 51.9 in January - the fifth consecutive ...

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... faster-than-expected 7.9% in the fourth quarter. In the year to December, retail spending jumped by 15.2% and industrial production rose by 10.3% -- both better than expectations. And then there was also the 20.6% increase in fixed asset investment. ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... showing signs of revival, the second biggest is also. Latest data out of China - from retail spending to industrial production - indicates that it's cleared for take off again. Chinese GDP will be released later today and is expected to show annual growth ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... More recent statistical and survey data - exports, manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI, retail sales, industrial production - have improved towards the end of last year. Is that 'em Australians I can hear shouting 'hip, hip...'? The economic and ...