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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... up 46 points at 5,842. US factory production fell in February for a third consecutive month, a sign cutbacks in manufacturing will hold back economic growth this quarter. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... its business indicators for the December quarter. Also due out are: The Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for February, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... neighbour" by exporting their weakness and deflation elsewhere. The latest HSBC/Markit Economics and the official manufacturing PMI indices show that these are taking its toll on China. The HSBC manufacturing PMI remained below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... $US1.1334 from $US1.1284 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks tumbled after two gauges of Chinese manufacturing activity showed contraction in January, while some Asian markets were also hit by a sell-off on Wall Street. Shanghai tumbled ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices and the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, both for January, will be released. Meanwhile, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the TD Securities-Melbourne ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... difficulties and challenges". A soft result was widely expected as the economy was hit last year by a slowdown in manufacturing and trade as well as declining prices for real estate, which has sent shock through the property sector. WELLINGTON - New ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... costs). The majority of the income (93%) is underpinned by a lease to industrial engineering design company Wilhelmsen Manufacturing Australia (WMA). WMA is owned by Skips AS Tudor Norway, the private investment vehicle of the Wilhelmsen shipping and ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... them out of the ground and exporting them. But now that we have to compete internationally in areas like tourism, manufacturing, higher education and so on, the Australian dollar needs to go lower to make the economy more competitive again." However ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... "Job gains were widespread, led by growth in professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and manufacturing," according to the BLS. Private sector jobs gained 314K following a 236K increase in October. Goods producers added 48K heads ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... spent, not saved". This would add to the strengthening momentum in the US economy. A fact highlighted by the ISM manufacturing index's better-than-expected read for November. While the ISM index slipped to 58.7 in November from 59.0 in the previous month ...