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A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... addition in December and beating market expectations for a gain of 157,000. The sharp jump in the Empire State manufacturing index provides an early clue to this upside surprise. The general business conditions index surged to 18.7 in February - the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... US manufacturing, the regional Fed surveys indicate even faster expansion in the sector. The Empire State manufacturing index jumped to a reading of 9 in December from 1.5 in November -- sharply higher than expectations for an increase to 4 and the highest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... 2016 like it did the third quarter - weak or even weaker. This is the latest indication from the Empire State manufacturing index which dropped to a reading of -6.8 in October from -1.99 in the previous month. This is less than expectations for an improvement ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While shipments ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... going forward. Now you see why the Empire State manufacturing survey disappointed big time. The Empire State manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 9.02 in May, sharp deterioration from the previous month's plus 9.56 score and much worse than ...

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... more up-to-date indications from the US factory sector suggest a continuation of the same. The Empire State manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 19.4 in January from minus 4.6 in the previous month; the Philly Fed index remains in contraction ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... December... perhaps, forget all about it for all of next year. Yes Virginia, I refer to the drop in the Empire State Manufacturing Index. And girl, was it a surprisingly big thud. The index plunged to a reading of minus 14.92 in August from plus 3.86 ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... that's good news. Hip, hip... Now combine these with last night's fresh disappointing releases - empire state manufacturing index eased to 6.90 in March from 7.78 in the previous month (new orders now in contraction at minus 2.39); industrial production ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... print and anxiety over the Boston bombings. And oh, indications that the US is slowing - both the Empire State manufacturing index and the NAHB confidence index dropped and disappointed. Tuesday: S&P 500 up 1.4% as traders forgot all about China and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. The Federal Reserve's Empire State manufacturing index for the New York region fell for a second straight month in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished off 40.27 ...
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