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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... represents the highest level since July 2007 (111.94) - before the 'Great Recession'. There's also the ISM and Markit manufacturing surveys that indicated increasing expansion in the manufacturing sector notwithstanding the US dollar rally. Barring an ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... represents an improvement from the double-digit drops posted in the June quarter (-15.5%) and March quarter (-14.3%). Manufacturing capex reversed the June quarter's 15.9% jump with a 4.9% fall in the three months to September -- building & structures ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... from built assets. Director, built asset consultancy at Arcadis Asia Pacific Gareth Robbins said: "In resource and manufacturing focused areas of Australia the emphasis will be on driving operational efficiency from existing assets, and effectively dealing ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... technology mean that independent intellect for asset selection no longer has to come with the costs of product and PDS manufacturing. Genuinely independent advisers can leverage investment committee expertise, have a fund manager offer a model portfolio ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... funds under management grew by 6.8% in the third quarter following a 3.5% increase in the second quarter. Japan manufacturing PMI Although it remained in expansion territory (above 50) for the third month in a row, the flash estimate of the Nikkei Japan ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... month and beating market expectations for an unchanged 53.3 reading, driven by improvements in activity in both the manufacturing and services sector. The flash estimate of the manufacturing PMI rose to 53.7 in November from 53.3 in October while that ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... 0.8%. Year on year, existing home sales grew by 5.9% in October from 0.6% in the previous month. US Richmond Fed manufacturing index Despite the strengthening US dollar, manufacturing activity in the US Fifth District went into expansion in November ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Conference Board reading is consistent with the improvement in the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing and services surveys. The AiG performance of manufacturing index increased to a reading of 50.9 in October from 49.9 in ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... October, the same rate as the previous month but disappointing market expectations for a 6.2% rise. Output expanded for manufacturing (up 6.7%) and electricity, gas & water (up 7.9%) while mining output fell by 2.2%.