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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... contracts. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) is due. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its financial aggregates data for February. The Australian Bureau ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... - 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. ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... conditions "are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period." The Chicago PMI - a leading indicator of the ISM manufacturing index - printed strong February, much more than markets were expecting. The bad ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Greece, Spain? Budget deficits? Joblessness? All because of 1 February 2010's wonderful set of purchasing managers index (PMI), showing that the global recovery is progressing. In time, continued gains in the manufacturing economy will filter through ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... you why? In one word - China. The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported that China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained at an 18-month high of 55.2 in November, indicating continued expansion in the manufacturing sector. HSBC Holdings' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... on Monday, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for October will be released. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for October and the Australian Bureau of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for September is published. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its engineering construction activity data for June. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... yen's advance against the dollar and jitters ahead of US economic data. A rise in China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) for August also provided support. But trade was very thin, with investors wary amid uncertainty about how well Japan's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for August. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for July and balance of payments and foreign ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... 44 is consistent with the end of US recessions. This was hit in June. The same could be observed in the Eurozone where its PMI rose for a fifth straight month to 46.3 in July. There is better news across the North Sea, where the UK PMI has broken above ...