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The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... of troubles past - and present -- have come back to haunt...all at once? The ghost of China slowing. HSBC's China composite PMI - manufacturing and services - dipped into contraction territory for the first time in 10 months to 49.8 in June from 50.9 ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... China itself. The All Ords closed down 1.8% yesterday after news broke that China's official and unofficial (HSBC measure) PMI indices both fell in June from May. And how did China's stock market do? The Shanghai Composite Index ended 0.8% on the up. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... investments. Shanghai added 0.81 per cent, or 16.04 points, to 1,995.24 despite the disappointing purchasing managers index (PMI) reports on the country's factory activity. Seoul was 0.41 per cent lower, shedding 7.59 points to close at 1,855.73. Hong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... due to release its index of commodity prices for June and the Australian Industry Group its performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, also for June. The Dun and Bradstreet releases its business expectations survey and TD Securities-Melbourne Institute ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... expanded by 7.7% in the year to the first quarter and though recent stats disappointed expectations, they (except for the PMI) still point to continued growth. Because of the PBOC's credit squeeze, growth forecasts for China are being downgraded. Current ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... combined with news that China is reportedly "punishing" its banks by letting interest rates soar there at the same time that its PMI shows manufacturing contracting. Bloomberg reports that "The seven-day repurchase rate rose 2.70 percentage points to ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... second consecutive month in May, by 98,265 - the biggest ever decline. This good news comes on top of Spain's manufacturing PMI jumping to a two-year high in the same month. Not just that, Bloomberg also reports that in March, "Spain registered its first ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... continue to work overtime. The Street down the following day because better-than expected data - consumer confidence and Chicago PMI - says QE tapering is nigh. Expect more flipping and flopping on Wall Street this first trading week of June, particularly ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... private client adviser Craig Walker said. "The market seems really to be sitting on its hands ahead of the Chinese manufacturing PMI, which doesn't come out until tomorrow," Mr Walker said. "The market is pretty flat ahead of economic data tomorrow." ...