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Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... 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 territory for 16 months ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... 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 territory and has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... figures for the September quarter. The Australian Industry Group and Pricewaterhouse issue their performance of manufacturing index for November. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for the issue of $500 million of ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... 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 8 points while employment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... points higher at 4,611 points. In economics news, the Australian Industry Group will release its performance of manufacturing index for September. In equities news, Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan will address the Committee for Economic ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... 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 would continue ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... 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 2.6 per cent (from ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... 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 a drop to 53.2. This really ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... commodity prices for August, and the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse release their performance of manufacturing index for August. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts an auction of $500 million of July 2022 bonds. In ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... 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 is ominous as it ...