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Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... continues to gain momentum indicating that the US economy hasn't been iced as markets thought when the Institute of Supply Management released its manufacturing survey earlier this week. You beauty! All's swell tinker bell. That is, if you ignore that ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... January, according to payrolls firm ADP, slightly below the 178,000 estimated by analysts. But the Institute for Supply Management's index of services sector activity rose a full percentage point to 54.0 in January, slightly above the 53.8 level expected ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... index for manufacturing, fell to 50.5 in January from 51.0 in December and 51.4 in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported that US manufacturing activity fell sharply in January, sinking to 51.3 from 56.5 in the previous month. In economic ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... per cent to 9,223.40 points and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 2.65 per cent to 4,172.44 points. The Institute for Supply Management on Monday said US factory activity grew at a much faster rate in November than in October. The news raised the prospect the ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... pushed up their expectations for when the Fed could scale back the program in light of a strong Institute of Supply Management reading on manufacturing activity in November. The ISM purchasing managers index for November rose to 57.3 from 56.4 the previous ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... 51.1 in September, the highest reading since April 2012. US manufacturing PMI for October from the Institute of Supply Management rose to 56.4 per cent from 56.2 per cent in September. Analysts expected the index to decline to 55.0. The three largest ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... Composite Index added 3.36 (0.09 per cent) at 3,692.95. The US growth outlook appeared firmer as the Institute for Supply Management's July purchasing managers index for the services sector showed a healthy jump in activity. That raised some concerns ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 31.24 (0.92 per cent) to 3,434.49. The monthly Institute for Supply Management reading purchasing managers index rose to 50.9 in June from a contraction reading of 49.0 in May. At the same time, the ISM ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... April job growth fell to the slowest level in seven months. Markets were also disappointed by an Institute for Supply Management report that showed manufacturing activity slowed sharply in April. Meanwhile the Federal Reserve kept its $US85 billion ($A82.36 ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... serve as bit actors to support Wall Street's reaction to the latest rhetoric on that cliff. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported that its non-manufacturing index rose to 54.7 in November from 54.2 in the previous. This is good and supportive ...