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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... component increased by 5.7 points to 91.7. The Conference Board's consumer confidence measure echoes the large jump in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey (reported earlier) where the index rose to 93.8 in November from 87.2 in October. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... reversing September's 1.4% fall but remains down 4.0% in year-on-year terms. US consumer sentiment The final reading of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased to 93.8 in November. This compares with the preliminary reading and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... expectations component (down to 83.9 from 87.2). The latest Conference Board reading is consistent with the sharp drop in the University of Michigan's consumer measure reported earlier - the preliminary index reading fell to 87.9 in October from 91.2 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... short-term." (Conference Board) The Conference Board measure of consumer confidence is at odds with that of the University Michigan survey that showed US consumer sentiment souring to 93.5 in June - down from the preliminary reading of 94.3 and down ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... private firm's difficulty in accessing loans accounted for the slowdown in private investment. US consumer sentiment The University of Michigan's preliminary estimate show that US consumer sentiment eased to a reading of 94.3 in June from 94.7 in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... February and March. Year-on-year, total building approvals increased by 0.7% US consumer confidence The strong gain in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted expectations that the Conference ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... gain in March and growth in sales (ex-gas and autos) quickened to 0.6% in April from 0.2% in the previous month. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose by nearly 7 points to a reading of 95.8 in May - an 11th month high -- from April's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... since November 2013. The Conference Board's measure is in line with the decline in confidence reported earlier by the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index - down to 89.7 in April from 91.0 in March and below the 92.0 expected. Philippine trade ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... tempered by a fall in the May Chicago regional business activity index, into negative territory, and a sharp fall in the University of Michigan's consumer confidence index to 90.7 from 95.9 in April. The market was also being cautious going into the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... the near future. US industrial production fell 0.3 per cent in April, the fifth straight month of decline, while the University of Michigan's US consumer sentiment index plummeted to 88.6 in May from 95.9 in April. That came after figures last week showed ...