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Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... May to an annualised rate of 4.55 million units - down from 4.63 mil at the start of 2012. Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI declined to 52.9 in June - the lowest reading since July 2011 - from 54.0 last month. Markit's PMI releases also showed continuing ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... and now stands 15.2% lower than a year ago. And outside Australia, Europe's still cactus. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing PMI dropped to 47.7 in March from 49.0 in the previous month and the unemployment rate hit a 15-year high of 10.8% in February. ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... generally positive outlook for the next few months." It getting betterer in China and Japan too. China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 51.0 in Feb from 50.5 in Jan - indicating that the manufacturing sector expansion is gaining strength. While this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... Australia's largest trade partner, for more direction throughout Wednesday's session, Mr Shamu said. "China's Manufacturing PMI numbers could be a big turning point for markets in the region today," he said.

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... PMI data has spurred speculation that China could join the others to form a "balanced recession". HSBC's China manufacturing PMI fell to 48 in November - below 50 suggests a contraction - from 51 in October with the manufacturing output component of ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... this is just happening in the problem periphery - you're wrong - the core looks to be melting too. Germany's manufacturing PMI recorded its first contraction in two years while France's service sector plummeted to 46.8 from 50.2 last month. Fortunately ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... Fed and the World Bank's warnings confirmed these. So did last night's stats that showed China's preliminary manufacturing PMI falling to a two-month low of 49.4 in September from 49.9 in the previous month. So did data revealing that Eurozone's PMI ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... economic data due out later this week, including domestic retail sales figures and capital expenditure, Chinese Manufacturing PMI and US jobs data. Mr Waterer said any positive data released this week, locally or abroad, should see expectations of forthcoming ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... good stories they've heard on cyberspace. The world is looking good. There was the story of China and how its manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers index) came in better-than-expected. There was a similar tale told about Europe. There's also the good ...