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Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... trend decline in this data. The previous day (yesterday's yesterday), financial markets ignored the Institute of Supply Management survey showing that the manufacturing sector continued to expand in February and had been doing so for the past 19 months ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... spending, disposable income, the Beige Book and both manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys by the Institute of Supply Management have all been reported on the up and up. So how do we reconcile still America's still soft labour market with strengthening ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... payrolls number is slated for release on Friday with consensus predicting a 145K increase. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index may have slipped to 56.6 in November from 56.9 per cent in the previous month, but it remains in expansion ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... biggest economies in the globe ignited the fuse that sent Wall Street soaring last night. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index increased to 56.3 in August, up from 55.5 in the previous month and better than predictions for ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... that manufacturing continues to expand. Duh!!! Those paying closer attention would note that the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index already telegraphed this earlier this month. But equities sold off when the ISM index was released ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... remember that employment is a lagging indicator of the economy. Forward indicators -- such as the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes -- continue to herald expansion. And more recently, Americans were seen ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... may be ignoring the US at their own risk. America's economy is slowly coming back on track. The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing and services survey, housing, productivity and personal consumption -- released last week -- painted ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... maybe. More on this later. For now let's look at the recently released manufacturing numbers. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 58.4 in January from 55.9 the previous month to its highest pace since August 2004. ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... so the 1 October fall in stock market prices is explained by last night's US data releases. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index disappointed expectations, falling to 52.6 in September from 52.9 in the previous month. Interpretation ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... a slow recovery is what the index is at, at this present time. But the latest reading from the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing survey gives me greater confidence that the US recovery, and by extension the world - will be V-shaped. ...