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USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... there were more added last night. We've seen the strong expansion in US manufacturing highlighted by the ISM manufacturing index's jump to its highest reading in seven years, last night's report showed the services sector also continuing to grow. The ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... until the second half of next year that we'll see significant improvement in this stat. In contrasts, the ISM manufacturing index, for one, is a leading indicator of the economy - it leads by about 6 months. It's been in expansion territory for 16 months ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... hires point to continued improvement in coming months. This is reinforced by the 2.5-point rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to 56.9 in October. The components provided an even rosier picture - new orders increased by almost 8 points while employment ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... only a 0.6 per cent decline. The pick up in factory orders also confirm the continued expansion in the ISM manufacturing index. Good news on housing. US pending home sales jumped by 5.2 per cent in July following an upwardly revised 2.6 per cent (from ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... that was ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. This is because of its positive correlation with the ISM manufacturing index - which is a good leading indicator of the US economy. The sharp drop in the Philly Fed index in August is ominous as it ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Private sector jobs have been consistently rising in the past seven months. Sure if you look at the latest ISM manufacturing index, you could surmise that output is slowing, but it remains in expansion territory. Evidence confirmed by continued growth ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... thought to be a jobless recovery. Add this to the lead provided by the still expanding, albeit slowing, ISM manufacturing index, increase in personal income, personal spending and savings and higher corporate profits and you'll find it difficult to justify ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... not this sharp. Expectations were for a slight deceleration to 59. In spite of the sharp decrease in the ISM manufacturing index, no one could argue that the June reading still indicates that manufacturing activity in America continues to expand - it ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... wealth, US consumer confidence is rising. More positive indicators were reported just last night. The ISM manufacturing index might have slipped to 59.7 per cent in May from 60.4 in the previous month. But this is still way above the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... estimates. Recent economic data out of America shows that the economic recovery there is progressing. The ISM manufacturing index rose to 60.4 in April -- higher than expected, the ninth consecutive month it has been in growth territory and the biggest ...