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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... growth in retail sales have been in trend decline since peaking at a 4.9% rate back in June last year. US ISM manufacturing index While most of this week's US data releases provided a "case for an increase in the federal funds rate", the latest Institute ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone (1.5%), the United Kingdom (2.0%) and Japan (-0.05%). US ISM manufacturing index Contrary to indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and flat activity indicated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index (due out 1 June) - if not more positive. The ISM manufacturing index had only fallen into contraction territory from October 2015 to February this year, jumped to 51.8 in March before slowing again ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... State measure is more volatile - suggesting that the pick-up above the 50 expansion/contraction in the ISM manufacturing index in March and April could only be temporary. The resurgence in the US dollar could be the underlying reason behind this month's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... over the month. Not a good outcome for first quarter GDP growth but last week's reported rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to expansion territory in March offers a bit of encouragement. Germany factory orders Weak global growth and a stronger currency ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... anymore. The bigger news, as far as I'm concerned, is the indication from the sharp turnaround in the ISM manufacturing index. The index jumped to a reading of 51.8 in March after spending five months in contraction territory (below 50). Yes Virginia ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... of US$43.0 bil - released on the same day as the ISM non-manufacturing index. Never mind, too, the US ISM manufacturing index that fell to 52.7 in July from 53.5 in June, underpinned by significant falls in the employment and new export orders components. ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... extent of the second quarter recovery therefore remains highly uncertain and could well disappoint." The ISM manufacturing index rose to 52.8 in May - better than expected and up strongly from 51.5 in April - with new orders jumping to its highest 2015 ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... not saved". This would add to the strengthening momentum in the US economy. A fact highlighted by the ISM manufacturing index's better-than-expected read for November. While the ISM index slipped to 58.7 in November from 59.0 in the previous month, it ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... recovery high reading of 58.7 in July. This followed last week's higher-than-predicted 57.1 reading in the ISM manufacturing index. These positives brought back that negative feeling about interest rates anew... so they say. Not the bond market though ...