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Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... claiming unemployment insurance? Just a thought. Nah! Bloomberg quotes Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC to clarify. "The bright side is that there's a clear dichotomy between the health of corporate ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... US leading economic indicators in April mean? Or the latest slump - to its lowest level since October --- in the Philadelphia Fed's measure of manufacturing activity? Or the biiger-than-expected 0.8 per cent decline in US existing home sales? Aren't ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... bank's easy policy stance. He even called the US$600 billion QE2 a "dangerous gamble" and a "bargain with the devil". Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser, Richard Fisher of Dallas and Narayana Kocherlakota of Minneapolis were on the news just ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... bounced back by 0.8 per cent in February. These are confirmed by positive indications by both the Empire State and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing surveys in March. Similarly, the emerging world is more worried about inflation than the expected disruptions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... mid-Atlantic region jumped in February to the highest point since January 1984. The survey from the Federal Reserve's Philadelphia branch showed new orders soared. Production at US factories, mines and utilities dipped last month but was actually higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... bigger than expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said its index of manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region nearly doubled between January and February. The surge in manufacturing ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... pause that occurs in an economic recovery". Although a second-tier indicator, the surprisingly strong jump in the Philadelphia Fed's general economic index is another positive indication. Surprisingly strong because it rose to 22.5 per cent in November ...

Macquarie head of listed property departs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Macquarie will not seek a replacement for Kivil, with the listed property business likely to be run out of the group's Philadelphia office following the acquisition of Delaware Investments earlier this year.

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... decline to 478,000, the third consecutive weekly increase and the highest since 14 November last year. Two-fecta. The Philadelphia Fed index dropped to minus 7.7 in August - down from plus 5.1 in the previous month and lower than predictions of an increase ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... end disastrously, the negative spin from the economic data releases were limited to a minimum. The Empire State and Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing indices dropped sharply in July. The Empire State index fell to 5.08 in July against expectations of 18.50 ...