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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... average also down below 400K to 396,750. Improving news on the labour market. Not so good news but still positive. The Philly Fed index eased to 3.6 in November from 7.5 in the previous month indicating that manufacturing activity in the region continues ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... consumer spending or not? And then there's the piece of Fedspeak thrown in to justify the market's 'sour' mood last night. Philly Fed President Charles Plosser and Dallas Fed's Richard Fisher were quoted voicing their disagreement with the Fed's decision ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... correlation with the ISM manufacturing index - which is a good leading indicator of the US economy. The sharp drop in the Philly Fed index in August is ominous as it signals a fall in the ISM manufacturing index to below the expansion/contraction mark ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... July. The Empire State index fell to 5.08 in July against expectations of 18.50 and 19.57 in the previous month. The Philly Fed index declined to 5.1 in the month from 8 in June and against expectations for a rise to 10. Manufacturing activity in these ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... expand - without putting upward pressure on inflation. Improving. Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 457k last week, the Philly Fed PMI increased by more than expected in March and the index of US leading index posted its 11th straight monthly rise in February. ...
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