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This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... core PPI is forecast to increase to 3.7 per cent from 3.5 per cent in July. The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index is anticipated to go up to 64 in September from 63 in August. Retail sales for August should pick ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... direction of US interest rates. Markets will focus on reports on advance retail sales, July CPI and the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index and industrial production. Slow growth. US retail sales are expected to decline by 0.1 percent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... down shares of a wide range of multinational companies, including IBM and United Technologies. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence fell sharply in April to its lowest level since 1982, when ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... minimum wages rising by up to 17 per cent in Shenzhen about 9 per cent in Shanghai in 20006. In the US the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index decreased to a score of 88.8 in March having risen to 91.3 in February. The index reflects growing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... January to now make them 38 per cent lower than a year ago. This places them at the level of 1990-91. The University of Michigan consumer Confidence Index fell from 96.9 to 93.3 during January although it is still at a relatively high level compared ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... annual basis following the 0.2 per cent fall in November to be the first consecutive falls since 2001. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index increased to 98 in January after as score of 91.7 in December further suggesting that optimism ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... for the last quarter of 1.77 million. This follows a fall of 26 per cent over the past seven months. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey rose to 136 index points from 116 a month earlier which is the highest it has been for just over ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... show that consumer demand remains buoyant beyond what has happened to the housing industry in the US. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has risen in tandem. Australian commodities continue their strength with nickel and lead prices ...

Daily Economic Update

... overnight trade supported by indications that consumer spending would remain buoyant. The final reading of the University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment increased to 81.6 during the month from 74.2 in October. The reading compares with a preliminary ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... Thursday. Significant US market moving data slated for release this week include the leading indicator and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index. In Japan, the October CPI report should give investors clues on whether deflation in the country ...