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Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... 25-month low. Flash Eurozone Services PMI Activity Index at 53.3 (54.7 in September). 24-month low. Flash Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Output Index at 51.2 (52.7 in September). 46-month low. Flash Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 52.1 (53.2 in September). ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... in August as the improvement in the service sector (up to 53.1 from 51.5) was largely offset by a decline in the manufacturing PMI to 50.0 (neither expanding nor contracting) in September from 50.6 in the previous month - the fourth straight month of ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... in 2012 and 38.5% in 2006. This is given credence by the latest indications from the Caixin PMI indices where the manufacturing PMI slowed (but only marginally) - the one exposed to the trade spat - to 50.0 in September from 50.6 in the previous month ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... Creagh said. She says investors are likely to want the two new independent directors to have a background in auto-manufacturing. "Current board members don't have significant auto-manufacturing experience and Tesla has had issues with its production ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
AMP Capital has has completed its divestment of $440 million in tobacco manufacturing-related holdings from across all its equity and fixed income investments. This is the largest divestment tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... of 5.6% and takes the annual growth rate in core machinery orders up to 13.9% -- the fastest rate in 38 months. Manufacturing orders jumped by 11.8% in the month of July following a 15.9% drop in the previous month while non-manufacturing orders (excluding ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... The Trump administration is reportedly preparing tariffs on US$200 billion on imports from China. The latest China manufacturing PMI surveys - which track the sector most affected by the trade stoush - are already showing signs of buckling. China's ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion index - rise minus fall -- of input prices in manufacturing rose to 30 in the June quarter from 26 in March. This should be a positive for the BOJ's efforts at lifting domestic ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... last year with his trade protectionist policy aimed at "making America great again!" The latest J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey - the sector most susceptible to the war on trade - showed that while the index remains at expansion territory ...