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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... months - from 55.2 in the previous month. The index stands slightly above its six-month average of 56.2 with all its components coming above the important 50-point delineation between expansion and contraction, except for customer inventories. Production ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... as early as next month. However, with the core inflation measure -- which excludes the more volatile food and energy components -- rising by only 0.3 per cent over the quarter and 1.7 per cent over the year, it would be difficult for the RBA to justify ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... The Nasdaq fell for a fourth straight day. LONDON - British shares dipped, clouded by weakness in heavyweight market components BP and Tesco after results from the oil major and the retailer failed to surprise. The FTSE 100 closed at 6086.6, down 12.1 ...

Daily economic update

... above zero indicates more manufacturers reporting improvement - and bigger than expectations for a decline to 24.3. The components were quite weak with large falls posted by new orders, shipments, delivery time, unfilled orders and the average work week. ...

Daily economic update

... transportation fell by 0.2 per cent and personal computers continued their dive, falling by 0.9 per cent in the month. Other components posted only small rises of between 0.1 and 0.2 per cent but medical care increased by a stronger 0.5 per cent. Year/year ...

Daily Economic Update

... is much higher than market expectations for a decline to 18.9, but note that this is a volatile series. All of the components were strong particularly the number of employees and hours worked. Both prices paid and received declined with prices paid remaining ...

Daily economic update

... due to a massive 64.4 per cent drop in defense orders. This is unlikely to continue and masks the strong underlying components of the report. In Europe, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean Claude Trichet noted that interest rates remain accommodative ...

Daily economic update

... conditions index measures Australian firms' sales and hiring activities and profitability. The sales and profitability components of the index fell by 4 points each while the employment component was unchanged. The fall in the index reflects the weakness ...

Daily economic update

... the US manufacturing sector. The ISM manufacturing index fell to 54.8 in January from 55.6 in the previous month. All components are above the 50 mark (which delineates expansion from contraction) except for inventories. Most components posted fractional ...

Daily economic update

... of 0.2 per cent. The previous month was revised from a gain of 0.5 per cent to a gain of 0.9 per cent. Six of the 10 components of the index increased during the month, led by consumer expectations, stock prices and jobless claims. Four components fell ...