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Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... while mining output bounced back by 0.8 per cent in February. These are confirmed by positive indications by both the Empire State and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing surveys in March. Similarly, the emerging world is more worried about inflation than ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... while they wait for the US Federal Reserve and its QE2. Tomorrow's data on US retail sales, consumer confidence, Empire State manufacturing and the budget statement should provide better indications if we are, in fact, going to get QE2.

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Street did not end disastrously, the negative spin from the economic data releases were limited to a minimum. The Empire State and Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing indices dropped sharply in July. The Empire State index fell to 5.08 in July against expectations ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... Jan. 11, and about three-quarters of them have beaten analysts' estimates." And there's good economic news too. The Empire State manufacturing index rose to 24.91 in February from 15.92 the previous month. A gain to 18.0 was expected. All components ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... snap - without looking around and seeing what's happening elsewhere in the economy? So what else is happening? The Empire State Manufacturing Index fell to 2.55 in December after four months of improvement. But more important for the 'I' word, while ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... ones. For instance, a below expectations dip in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index was offset by a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected US industrial ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... their shelves, especially if the positive trend in retail sales continues. Maybe production has already started? The Empire State manufacturing survey jumped to 18.9 in September - the fastest in nearly two years - from only 12.1 in August. But many ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... demarcation, but still an improvement. Where Wall Street sat, it saw manufacturing activity in New York improving. The Empire State Manufacturing Survey jumped to -14.65 in April. More than halving last month's -38.23 reading and more than double expectations ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... released overnight. All the same, the PPI report underscores the Fed's concern about rising inflationary pressures. The Empire State manufacturing index shows weak growth in the region continues, posting its fifth negative result over the past six months. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... down on the previous figure of 6.6 per cent. Other news about a softening US economy came from the New York Fed's Empire State manufacturing index which came in stronger than anticipated rising to 22.9 from 13.8 in September. The employment measure increased ...