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Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... statistic? Other stats may confirm the US consumer's renewed depression but others are more optimistic. The ISM manufacturing index - a good leading indicator of the economy - has been above the 50 expansion/contraction mark since August last year, and ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... three-quarters of them have beaten analysts' estimates." And there's good economic news too. The Empire State manufacturing index rose to 24.91 in February from 15.92 the previous month. A gain to 18.0 was expected. All components except for delivery ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... now let's look at the recently released manufacturing numbers. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 58.4 in January from 55.9 the previous month to its highest pace since August 2004. All components were above the 50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... at 4,499. In economic news, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for January will be released. The TD Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for January and the ANZ job advertisements ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... looking around and seeing what's happening elsewhere in the economy? So what else is happening? The Empire State Manufacturing Index fell to 2.55 in December after four months of improvement. But more important for the 'I' word, while the prices paid ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... jobs up 150,000 a month? Sure looks like a long way to go to me, especially when you consider that the ISM manufacturing index is weakening and the non-manufacturing index falling back in contraction territory. So for those betting on a continued climb ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... at 1430 AEDT. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for November. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues building approvals data for October and the RBA also issues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... In economic news on Monday, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for October will be released. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for October and the Australian ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... matched by one and a half or two positive ones. For instance, a below expectations dip in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index was offset by a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... was to be expected for the US economic numbers - released while we were sleeping - were good. The ISM non-manufacturing index jumped into growth territory, 50.9, in September after 11 straight months of contraction. This was up from 48.4 in the previous ...