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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Street might hear you. Wall Street fell while we slept because the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM non-manufacturing index decreased ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... showing US durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards to first quarter US company ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... increase in the price of base (or industrial) metals over the same period. Continued advances in the US ISM manufacturing index further confirms the improving global outlook. This index is a good leading indicator of the US economy and had been in expansion ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Never mind the more than positive indication on the economic outlook signalled by the Institute of Supply manufacturing index also released yesterday. No sir, Bloomberg didn't want to spill more ink on it - what, and consume more oil? "The surge in energy ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... 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 month. This is the highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... Government Finance Statistics for the December quarter. The Australian Industry Group-PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index is due. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for February. In equities news, the pace eases with the ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... 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 and better-than-expected company profit ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... 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 to grow. The ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... 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 from 58.5 per cent in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... announce its decision at 1430 AEDT. The Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse release their performance of manufacturing index for Januaryand the Australian Bureau of Statistics issue house price indices data for the December quarter. National Australia ...