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Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... four months in India, increased in South Korea and further expanded in Indonesia. In America, the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 51.7 in October - the highest since May - from 51.5 in September. Not only this, consumers ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... 2:07AM: "European Stocks Decline on U.S. Manufacturing Report" This talked about reports that the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index fell to 49.6 in August - the third month of below 50 reading - from 49.8 in the previous month ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... back to America. Wall Street 1st of May gain was prompted by a better than expected update of the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index - it rose to 54.8 in April from 53.4 in the previous month when most are expecting a decline ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... will be revealed on the 9th of this month. Our dear Sisyphus also got help from good US stats. The Institute of Supply Management Index moved further up the expansion line in November. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped by more than ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... the positives. There were some out of America. There was the bigger-than-expected increase in the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index. It jumped to 52.7 in November against expectations of 51.8 and the previous month's reading of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Chinese purchasing managers' index (PMI) dropped to 50.4 in October from 51.2 in September. The Institute of Supply Management reported slowing growth in the US manufacturing sector in October: its PMI index reading slipped to 50.8 per cent from 51.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Composite edged up 3.35 points (0.13 per cent) to close at 2,579.46. Markets got a lift when the Institute of Supply Management-Chicago reported that its purchasing managers' index came in at 56.5 in August, above analysts' forecasts. Any number greater ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... investors' fresh fear now that the deal is done and voila, here we are. A sharp 4.4-point drop in the US Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index took the thunder off the deal news. The index fell to 50.9 in July - still above the 50 ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... upward momentum. Shhh, Wall Street might hear you. Wall Street fell while we slept because the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... report is consistent with data showing US durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards ...