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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. ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... shifted its monetary policy stance to neutral! OK, you may kick yourselves now. But...but. But what? But leading indicators of the labour market earlier this year were all pointing to massive job shedding to come? This time they've stopped getting worse ...

Make love not leverage

... that the rate of contraction in manufacturing activity has begun to slow. This index is one of the reliable leading indicators of the US economy. It fell below 50 in December 2007 - later timed by NBER as the start of the US recession. The National Association ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Indices that seek to describe a company's governance credentials through quantitative measures are poor indicators of future investment returns. A major paper published in the Columbia Law Review, 'The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... contracts. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the market was fluctuating as investors searched for solid indicators of overall market movement. "It's been up and down, up and down, a bit like a lollipop lady's stop and go sign," Mr Smith said. ...