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Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... expectations of 12. Ok, Ok and sure, sure is limited to the Philly district business conditions. But Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI gives the same indication. "The Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI registered 53.4 in June, down from 54.0 in May ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... economy. The negative effect if the US dollar's strength has again become evident in the lower-than-expected US manufacturing PMI data released last night, it slowed from 53.8 last month to 53.4 in June - the lowest reading since October 2013. But that's ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Ghriskey, the chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management LLC in New York..." The data says... Markit's US Manufacturing PMI came in at a better than expected reading of 54.0 in May but slower than April's 54.1 dragged down by the slowest growth ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... watch the data. And the data says......there's still no change in the data. The latest Markit PMI surveys say so: US manufacturing is still expanding, but the rate of expansion is slowing. The index is down to 53.8 in May from 54.1 in April, disappointing ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... news". Markit Economics' manufacturing PMI survey is newer and it's "good news" that means... Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI rose to 55.3 in March from 55.1 in the previous month - well beyond the 50 expansion/contraction threshold and the best ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... further impetus to business activity in the Eurozone and support that of Japan's and China's. The latest Markit US Manufacturing PMI reading suggests it will for despite the strong greenback, the USA is doing A-OK. Here are Markit's dot points on the ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... Street given economic news reports over the past 24 hours. Certainly not Markit Economics' flash estimate of US manufacturing PMI - up to a better-than-expected 57.5 in June from 56.4 in May - nor the 4.9% jump in US existing home sales in May that followed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... trade ignoring positive leads out of the US overnight. US markets scaled record highs following a solid report on US manufacturing activity, while European markets were flat on soft German inflation data. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after a solid report on US manufacturing activity lifted Wall Street to new record highs. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was six points higher at 5,532. In economic ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month. US manufacturing's expanding, US house prices are rising and US consumers are cheerier. Hip, hip... It's payback time -- payback for the deep ...