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Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... recovery. Last week's improved consumer confidence report adds to the better-than-expected results on employment, retail sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer confidence index rose to 69.3 ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... workweek and in temp hires point to continued improvement in coming months. This is reinforced by the 2.5-point rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to 56.9 in October. The components provided an even rosier picture - new orders increased by almost ...

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... to be. True, this is borne out by some economic data such as payrolls and consumer confidence but there are also some - the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices, among others - that indicate that, albeit slow, America's recovery is still proceeding. ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... could have just as easily went "girl on a swing, swing low" with headlines pointing the blame at the weaker-than-expected ISM non-manufacturing index. It fell by 51.5in August from 54.3 in July. Expectations were for a reading of 53.5. For now investors ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... of 1.2 per cent to only a 0.6 per cent decline. The pick up in factory orders also confirm the continued expansion in the ISM manufacturing index. Good news on housing. US pending home sales jumped by 5.2 per cent in July following an upwardly revised ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... biggest economies in the globe ignited the fuse that sent Wall Street soaring last night. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index increased to 56.3 in August, up from 55.5 in the previous month and better than predictions for ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... released last night that was ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. This is because of its positive correlation with the ISM manufacturing index - which is a good leading indicator of the US economy. The sharp drop in the Philly Fed index in August ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... manufacturing continues to expand. Duh!!! Those paying closer attention would note that the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index already telegraphed this earlier this month. But equities sold off when the ISM index was released because ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... census workers. Private sector jobs have been consistently rising in the past seven months. Sure if you look at the latest ISM manufacturing index, you could surmise that output is slowing, but it remains in expansion territory. Evidence confirmed by ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... predilection of how the money world is shaping. There was none of that last night. Nothing from the bears when they saw the latest ISM non-manufacturing survey - nada, for what they saw was undeniably good. The ISM non-manufacturing index "increased" ...