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Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... income surged by 31 per cent in the second quarter. There was not so good news out of China. HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index slid to 49.4 in July from 50.4 in June. Below 50! That spells contraction. But this is the contraction China ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index are all set for release this evening. At least we ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... good news puzzle. It was more than "experts" expectations for a gain to 310,000 units. It suggests that buyers may be purchasing property again. After all, the Commerce Department report also notes that sales in all regions -except for the West - increased. ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... decline. Weak US growth unusually certain? European growth, too, looks unusually certain. The Markit Economics composite purchasing managers index of services and manufacturing in the Eurozone rose to 56.7 in July from 56 in the previous month. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... hour. Economic news didn't offer investors much incentive to buy. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said growth in services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 from 55.4 in May. Economists ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... leading economic index for China to show a rise of only 0.3 per cent -- the slightest gain in five months. China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell from 53.9 in May to 52.1 -- weaker than median analyst forecasts of 53.1. Certainly, China's slowing ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... line. But similar weakening in the manufacturing indices in China and Europe are no good future indications. China's Purchasing Manufacturers Index (PMI) fell to 52.1 in June from 53.9 in the previous month. The Eurozone's PMI fell to 55.6 from 55.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... sentiment, the Bank of Japan's tankan, initially helped limit declines but this effect faded after data for China's purchasing managers' index, which fell to 52.1 in June from 53.9 in May. The benchmark Nikkei shed 191.04 points to 9,191.60, its lowest ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... very low demand, suggesting that European banks are able to source funding through the capital markets. The Chicago purchasing managers index declined to 59.1 per cent in June from 59.7 per cent in May. This is within market expectations and indicates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... China eased in May, indicating a slowdown in the world's third biggest economy. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing managers index, fell to an 11-month low of 52.7 last month from a revised figure of 55.2 in April, indicating the recovery ...