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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... negated the marginal fall in the manufacturing sector (51.5 from 52.0). These compare with the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) surveys that showed services jumping to 57.1 in September versus 51.4 in August and expectations for a rise to 52.7 and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... remained in contraction. A 3.2 point drop in new orders sent into contraction with an index reading of 48.3 in September. US ISM manufacturing index Factory activity in the US bounced back into expansion territory in September as indicated by the ISM ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... survey only tracks business conditions in the Richmond Fed's sector, a more general picture of manufacturing activity - the ISM manufacturing index -- in the country will be released this coming Monday. Eurozone M3 money supply and lending The region's ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... service sector increased in August, those in mining, construction, utilities and manufacturing declined. The sharp fall in the ISM manufacturing index into contraction territory in August - down to 49.4 from 52.6 in July - points to more job shedding ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... June. The annual growth in retail sales have been in trend decline since peaking at a 4.9% rate back in June last year. US ISM manufacturing index While most of this week's US data releases provided a "case for an increase in the federal funds rate" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... to fresh record lows and easing jobs growth to 17-month lows....or improved a lot - the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) non-manufacturing index jumped to 56.5 in June from 52.9 in May. This is sharply higher than market expectations for a 53.3 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... year-on-year economic growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone (1.5%), the United Kingdom (2.0%) and Japan (-0.05%). US ISM manufacturing index Contrary to indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Markit's US PMI measure is consistent with that of the US' official manufacturing survey - the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index (due out 1 June) - if not more positive. The ISM manufacturing index had only fallen into contraction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... gentle easing to a plus 7.0 reading. While this survey plays second fiddle to the broader Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - the two are closely correlated (although the Empire State measure is more volatile - suggesting that ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... in April, the J.P.Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI - a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted a reading barely above its no-change level of 50.0 and the second weakest during the past forty months. ...