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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... production (49.6 from 55.4) and prices (53 from 55). Although it offered a more positive reading, Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI also slowed to a reading of 52.0 in August - still expanding - from 52.9 in the previous month. Markit's survey also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and flat activity indicated by the Markit US manufacturing PMI - the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index pointed to accelerating activity in the US manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... following a 4.3% fall in the December 2015 quarter. Markit flash US services PMI It appears that it's not only the US manufacturing sector that's slowed in May, the services industry is too. Coming on the heels of the reported decline in the Markit flash ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... build-up given the drop in shipments and new orders reported in the same survey. US new home sales Weakening US manufacturing activity is being offset by strong gains in the housing market. Sales of new single family homes surged by 16.6% -- the fastest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Markit Flash US Manufacturing PMI If indications from Markit's preliminary estimate of US manufacturing activity is accurate, then talks of a Fed rate hike in June and/or "two or three" lifts this year could be just that, talk. The flash US manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... international demand provided incentives for farmers to slaughter a greater proportion of their herds. Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary measure of US factory activity showed little improvement with the flash PMI printing at 51.4 ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... remains positive. "The consumer spending that underpins the economy is very resilient," he said. "Furthermore, the US manufacturing engine is actually becoming competitive again. Labour costs in the US have actually not gone up for 35 years, which sounds ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... indicating weakness in the Empire State and Philly Fed surveys - and the loss of momentum in Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing PMI - shows that this study would not surprise the US manufacturing sector, they've been feeling it all along. The bottom ...