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Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... back of the weakening US factory sector would be, at the very least, offset by the service sector. Perhaps not. Markit Economics' flash US Services PMI slowed from 55.1 in September to a less than expected 54.4 reading in October -- the weakest rise ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... the underlying trend is towards continued moderate improvement in the economy. This is affirmed by the latest Markit Economics' PMI survey that showed the eurozone's composite PMI, while lower than the 54.2 reading recorded in June, was still expanding ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... manufacturing activity in China is contracting - down to a two-year low of 47.8 in July from 49.4 in June on the final Caixin/Markit China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading - or has stalled based on the official measure that eased ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Caixin's Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) came in at 48.2 in July, the weakest reading since 48.1 in April 2014, according to Markit's data. In local economic news on Monday, CEDA has a panel discussion on the future workforce while the Self Managed ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... year. Latest data indicating weakness in the Empire State and Philly Fed surveys - and the loss of momentum in Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing PMI - shows that this study would not surprise the US manufacturing sector, they've been feeling it ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... against expectations of 12. Ok, Ok and sure, sure is limited to the Philly district business conditions. But Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI gives the same indication. "The Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI registered 53.4 in June, down from 54.0 ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... it," said Timothy Ghriskey, the chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management LLC in New York..." The data says... Markit's US Manufacturing PMI came in at a better than expected reading of 54.0 in May but slower than April's 54.1 dragged down ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... many, times for you, I and Irene to watch the data. And the data says......there's still no change in the data. The latest Markit PMI surveys say so: US manufacturing is still expanding, but the rate of expansion is slowing. The index is down to 53.8 ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... lift-off remains in play, disappointing US data releases in recent times - weak core durable orders for March and a decline in Markit's US flash manufacturing PMI for April reported last week and last night's drop to a four-month low in April consumer ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... February) in annual terms - hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit ...