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Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... been disappointing - most notably, the June drop in the ISM manufacturing index - one of the most reliable leading indicators of the US economy - into contraction territory and the disappointing jobs growth of only 80K in the same month and lowered company ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. These indicators reveal that the festering ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure some positive tidings out of these negatives - there usually is ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... to cut through the noise in the market is to distinguish between short term stock price drivers and fundamental indicators of business activity, such as retail sales, production output, employment demand and credit growth. When you do this you can see ...

Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... surfboards and sports drinks. These figures from IP Australia are welcome because trade mark applications are leading indicators of economic activity, especially with all the emphasis now on productivity growth and competing in a global information based ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... determined. This is where the ISM manufacturing survey comes in - for moi, it's one of the most reliable leading indicators of America's economic trajectory. The correlation might not be perfect but it has stood the test of time - signalling turning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... big moves until Friday's release of the official US employment figure for June, one of the most closely-watched indicators of the health of the US economy, analysts said. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note fell to 3.10 per cent ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... Let's count the ways. The ISM indices - manufacturing and non-manufacturing. These are reliable and good leading indicators of the US economy. Both have been flashing expansions for over a year and so have their respective employment components. The ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... Worse-ser, private sector jobs grew by only 64,000, less than expectations for a gain of 75,000. Worse-sest. Leading jobs indicators of employment signal slim prospects of employment picking up in a hurry. The average workweek for all workers showed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... jumped to 10.2 per cent in October as 190,000 jobs were shed. The Labor Department report, seen as one of the best indicators of economic momentum, showed a rise in the jobless rate from 9.8 per cent in September to 10.2 per cent, the highest since 1983. ...