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It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... to 386K and worse, the previous week's figure was revised higher by 8K to 388K. Also, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's factory index fell to 8.5 in April from a 12.5 in March - less than expectations for a 10.7 print. What's buried in the headlines ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... rose to 20.21 in March - the highest level since June 2010 -- from 19.53 in the previous month. Same-same for the Philadelphia Fed business activity index, it increased to a better-than-expected 12.5 this month from 10.2% in February. It's getting so ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... benefits dropped last week to the lowest level since May 2008. That's a sign that layoffs are easing. The New York and Philadelphia branches of the Federal Reserve reported big jumps in manufacturing. All but two of the 10 industry groups in the S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... claims, confirming a downward trend since early April. Also helping was a surge in the regional economic index of the Philadelphia branch of the Federal Reserve, showing better than expected activity in manufacturing, the best in three months. Existing-home ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... three months of 2011. And speaking of growth, fresh data out of America are nothing to write home about either. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index came in at minus17.5 in September from minus 30.7 in the previous month. This is the third negative ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... recession were hammered deeper into financial markets' psyche - and mine - after the recent falls in the Empire State and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing indices in August. Both are now at levels consistent with periods of US recessions. Alternatively ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... bailout also resurfaced, further hurting sentiment. A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... really bad data on top of the sell-off in Europe." A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... housing remains in the cactus basket. What got my attention - perhaps, even shivers on my skin - is the freefall in the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing outlook survey. The index dropped like a stone to minus 30.7 in August - the lowest reading since ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... sure, there was a "bad' report mixed in with the 'good' but who's letting one bad egg spoil bargain hunting? The Philadelphia Fed Index dropped to minus 7.7 in June - the lowest level in two years - from plus 3.9 per cent the month before, signalling ...