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Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... results, data released overnight continued the flow of improving stats on America's economy. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - which I consider the most reliable leading gauge of the US economy - jumped to 60.8 in January ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... spending, disposable income, the Beige Book and both manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys by the Institute of Supply Management have all been reported on the up and up. So how do we reconcile still America's still soft labour market with strengthening ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... payrolls number is slated for release on Friday with consensus predicting a 145K increase. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index may have slipped to 56.6 in November from 56.9 per cent in the previous month, but it remains in expansion ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... biggest economies in the globe ignited the fuse that sent Wall Street soaring last night. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index increased to 56.3 in August, up from 55.5 in the previous month and better than predictions for ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... that manufacturing continues to expand. Duh!!! Those paying closer attention would note that the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index already telegraphed this earlier this month. But equities sold off when the ISM index was released ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... outlawed bullfighting in Catalonia, Spain. Perhaps they've banned it in equity markets too. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - a good leading indicator of the US economy -slipped to 55.5 in July from 56.2 in the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... and losses in the final hour. Economic news didn't offer investors much incentive to buy. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said growth in services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... alright - but markets only factored in a 10.5 per cent fall. If anything could go wrong... The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index - a leading indicator of the US economy - declined to 56.2 in June from 59.7 in May. Again, markets ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... remember that employment is a lagging indicator of the economy. Forward indicators -- such as the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes -- continue to herald expansion. And more recently, Americans were seen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... gain the largest since August 2000, after economists forecast spending would be flat. And the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 59.7 in May from 60.4 in April. The figure was better than economists' forecast of 59. ...