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Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... factory sector would be, at the very least, offset by the service sector. Perhaps not. Markit Economics' flash US Services PMI slowed from 55.1 in September to a less than expected 54.4 reading in October -- the weakest rise in service sector output ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... rise from 5% to 8% in April of the same year) -- from 1.8% in July. and on... Although the Markit/Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI indicated that the manufacturing sector remained in growth territory, the rate of expansion slowed to 51.0 in September from ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... with the slump in 2009 when Australia didn't succumb to a recession. "The key reasons cited by respondents to the Australian PMI for improving conditions in September were stronger local orders and exports, due to the lower Australian dollar." (AiG) ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight to a reading of 31.40. It's China that did it! Oh yes, Virginia, yesterday's official PMI result reminded all and sundry that all is not well in the world's second biggest economy. Be afraid, be very afraid. And why ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... is expected in the second half." To be sure, that was before the yuan devaluation and the disappointing Caixin flash China PMI report but... that was also before the latest round of policy stimulation. Nevertheless, I remain confident that China would ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... This slowing speculation gained further impetus following the release of the flash Caixin China Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) that showed manufacturing activity dropped to a 6A1/2-year low of 47.1 in August, topped by the continuing volatility in China's ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... underlying trend is towards continued moderate improvement in the economy. This is affirmed by the latest Markit Economics' PMI survey that showed the eurozone's composite PMI, while lower than the 54.2 reading recorded in June, was still expanding (53.9) ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... two-year low of 47.8 in July from 49.4 in June on the final Caixin/Markit China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading - or has stalled based on the official measure that eased to a reading of 50 in July from 50.2 in the previous month. ...