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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... equipment, plant & machinery down 3.5%. But, as the RBA observed, the non-mining sector of the economy is improving. Manufacturing capex increased by 12.9% over the June quarter -- building & structures up 23.5%; equipment, plant & machinery up 9.6%. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... terms, decreasing by 0.8% in the year to July following a similar fall in the previous month. AiG performance of manufacturing After 13 months in expansion (above 50), Australia's manufacturing sector contracted in August. That's according to the latest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... than expected 0.7% in the month of July after a 0.4% pick up in the previous month on the back of a 0.5% rise in manufacturing output. Capacity utilisation improved to 75.9% in July from 75.4% in June. However, on a year-on-year basis, industrial production ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Empire State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... growth halved to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.6% in the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June and trade deficit widened in June. This disconnect makes it hardly surprising for DoubleLine ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... quarter, equal to the March's quarter's 2.1% growth rate but down from the first estimate's 2.2% rate. A rebound in the manufacturing sector was the main growth driver while the construction, services and wholesale & retail trade sector's slowed. Meanwhile ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... Market expectations were for a 3.1% gain. Orders from manufacturers soared by 17.7 percent while those from non-manufacturing sector rose by 2.1%. However, note that the Japanese yen was trading at around the ¥105-110 level in May and June. The Japanese ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Orders dropped by 19.9% in the year to June. Weak global demand and the strong yen continue to pressure Japan's manufacturing sector, underscoring market disappointment over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) expansion of its stimulus programme announced late ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... their employers. The fund is multi-sector, servicing employers and members from the energy, water, infrastructure, manufacturing, health, legal and services sectors.