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Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... by 19.3 points - the biggest monthly increase since April 2003 - to a reading of 109.7 in March. "The Present Situation Index-based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... by 19.3 points - the biggest monthly increase since April 2003 - to a reading of 109.7 in March. "The Present Situation Index-based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... consumer confidence index has dropped to a seven-month low reading of 88.6 in December 2020 - with the present situation index falling to its lowest reading in four months and the end of the year reading for the expectations index, at 87.5, remains below ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... August, after declining in July. The Index now stands at 84.8 (1985=100), down from 91.7 in July. The Present Situation Index - based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions - decreased sharply from 95.9 to 84.2. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... to rate current conditions favorably and foresee moderate economic expansion in the months ahead." The Present Situation index increased to 128.5 in September from 125.3 in August while the Expectations index rose to 87.8 from 86.1. US Richmond Fed manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... jumped from 92.4 in May to a higher than expected reading of 98.0 - the highest since last October. The 'Present Situation index' improved to 118.3 in June from 113.2 in the previous month and the 'Expectations index' increased to 84.5 from 78.5 in May. ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... that this is now fact or at least, expected. And this from the horse's mouth (Conference Board): "The Present Situation Index decreased from 120.3 last month to 112.1 in October, while the Expectations Index edged down to 88.0 from 90.8 in September. ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... outlook, while consumers' assessment of current conditions, on the other hand, continued to improve. The Present Situation Index now stands at its highest level in three and a half years (61.1, Sept. 2008), suggesting that despite this month's dip in ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... economic sentiment index is expected to fall further to -65.0 in August from -63.7 in the previous month. The current situation index is also seen to worsen, falling to 10 from 17 in July. Meanwhile, markets expect the advance estimate of the Eurozone's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... cent. The ZEW survey of economic sentiment saw the strongest growth since July 2006 and the so-called current situation index saw the new record high in the series of 70.9 suggesting good strength in the economy. Another healthy economy is Europe, the ...
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