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Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... improvement in the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 56.0 in August from 54.2 in July and the 11-year low 41.5 recorded in April. The ISM non-manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices continued to improve after dropping to the 11-year lows in April. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 54.2 in July from 52.6 in June and 43.1 on May. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... surveys show the manufacturing and services sectors bouncing back into expansion territory (above 50). The ISM manufacturing index rose to 52.6 in June - the second straight month of improvement - after dropping to an 11-year low reading of 41.5 in April. ...

Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... expanding but that rate of expansion has also slowed to 51.1 from 51.4 in August. The sliding momentum in the ISM manufacturing index certainly raises the spectre that a US recession is nigh that would take the global economy with it. Is it? Will it? ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... there's no stopping the Fed now, wait till you see the figures from the Institute of Supply Management. The ISM manufacturing index jumped to a reading of 60.8 in September - the highest in 13 years (May 2004) - from 58.8 in August, buoyed by a rise ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... from 9.5%. Not only is consumer sentiment going onwards and upwards, the manufacturing sector is too. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 58.8 in August from 56.3 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for an increase ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... non-manufacturing surveys portends another strong result following January's stronger-than-expected 227K addition. The ISM manufacturing index jumped to 57.7 in February - the highest since August 2014 - while the ISM non-manufacturing index rose to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... contraction. A 3.2 point drop in new orders sent into contraction with an index reading of 48.3 in September. US ISM manufacturing index Factory activity in the US bounced back into expansion territory in September as indicated by the ISM manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... business conditions in the Richmond Fed's sector, a more general picture of manufacturing activity - the ISM manufacturing index -- in the country will be released this coming Monday. Eurozone M3 money supply and lending The region's M3 money supply ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... in August, those in mining, construction, utilities and manufacturing declined. The sharp fall in the ISM manufacturing index into contraction territory in August - down to 49.4 from 52.6 in July - points to more job shedding in US factories (the employment ...
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