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Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... positive contribution to GDP growth. However, there's also bad news. As underscored by the ABS' report's "Key Points", manufacturing sales of good and services fell by 1.4% in the March quarter following a 0.1% dip in the previous three-month period ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... and "Estimate 2 for 2017-18 is $85,436m. This is 6.4% lower than Estimate 2 for 2016-17." The AiG's performance of manufacturing index (also released yesterday) ties these all together. While still in expansion, the index slowed to a reading of 54.8 ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... effect for this additional construction would be the increased value of activity of around $0.5m in those businesses manufacturing the materials needed for the additional construction, such as concrete and steel frames. The businesses supplying and servicing ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... 56.8 in May from April, it beat expectations for a 56.6 print and remains at its highest level in six years, led by manufacturing which increased from 56.7 in April to 57.0 in May (a 73-month high). The services sector slowed a tad to 56.2 in May from ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... trading partner is China. He says Columbia has a focus on oil and infrastructure, while Mexico is focused around manufacturing and telecoms. Both countries' main trading partner is the US. "Mix in the proceeds of this diversification - exposure of the ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... statement. While the composite PMI slipped to 52.6 in April (from 52.9 in March), it remains at a 20-month high as the manufacturing expansion gained more momentum (up to 52.7 in April - a 37 month high) and the service sector remaining at its highest ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... heading to "a little above 3%". Last week's AiG PMI report show increasing expansion in the sectors it surveys - manufacturing up to 59.2 in April from 57.5 in March; services up to 53.0 from 51.7; construction up to 51.9 from 51.2. And just yesterday ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Eurozone, Japan and the UK suggest that this is broadening still. And while there's a bit of slowing in China - manufacturing and services sector PMI declined in April - they remain in expansion territory. Governor Lowe's statement about the Australian ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... report update last month which stated that, "With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade under way, world growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in ...

ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... bank-owned ETF business, but there's been a change of CEO, and Shayne Elliott has a very different view about the manufacturing of wealth products. ANZ approached us and said they'd like to exit the business on the best terms possible." Reflecting this ...