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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... of British Industry's (CBI) industrial trends survey of total order book balance - which tracks changes in the level of factory orders in around 500 UK businesses across 38 sectors in the manufacturing industry - dropped to -17 in October (the lowest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... manufacturing index rebounded in September after dropping to a 14-month low of 46.9 in August, but the 49.8 reading indicates that factory activity remains in contraction. According to AiG, "The stabilisation in the Australian PMI in September was heavily ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... of British Industry's (CBI) industrial trends survey of total order book balance - which tracks changes in the level of factory orders in around 500 UK businesses across 38 sectors in the manufacturing industry - remained unchanged to a reading of minus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Empire State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... the last mile of ESG. It's good that a company saves energy, say through a product which saves energy when installed on factory floors, but what we're interested in figuring out is how much energy is used to manufacture the product," said Bruno Bertocci ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... (48.5) contracted. The AiG performance of services index followed the one of manufacturing - reported earlier - showing factory activity index rising to 51.8 in June from 51.0 in the previous month. UK construction PMI No surprises here. Brexit uncertainty ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... gain and was primarily driven by the slowdown in food inflation to 5.9% from 7.4% in April. Persistent deflation at the factory gates - producer prices had been declining since March 2012 and continued on through to last month, falling by 2.8% in the ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... that derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child labour, cluster munitions, pornography and factory farming. With regards to governance, Dimension aims to ensure company managements have the right incentives to maximise shareholder ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... "employment gauge is in fact already running at a level consistent with a further reduction in the official measure of factory payroll numbers". The trend in Markit's US PMI measure is consistent with that of the US' official manufacturing survey - the ...