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Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
"Business is picking up as mandated restrictions seem to be easing and spring is right around the corner." "Higher levels of demand related to additional business reopening, and increased activity related to vaccination distribution." "Vaccination rates ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it." This is backed by the continued 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 ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... This is backed up by the improvement in both big and small business activity and optimism. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices continued to improve after dropping to the 11-year lows in April. The ISM ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... of Representatives two weeks ago (30 June). True that..."resumption of economic activity". The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) surveys show the manufacturing and services sectors bouncing back into expansion territory (above 50). The ISM manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... those that are opened, have run out of stock to sell. There goes demand management. There went "just-in-time" supply management too - a 1990s phenomenon thought to have limited recessions. Another long-held theory being shoo'd out by the coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... quantitative tightening wrong from the first days of Jay Powell!" It's the latest update from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) which shows the manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 48.1 in November - the fourth straight month indicating ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... by 0.9% -- on October 2 on the back of renewed recession fears, sparked by reports that the US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index dropped deeper into contraction territory from 49.1 in August to a reading of 47.8 in September - ...

Chief economist update: US recession on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... following day, as US recession fears came back to the fore. This time, sparked by reports that the US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index dropped deeper into contraction territory from 49.1 in August to a reading of 47.8 in September ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... The US dollar will only get stronger given the still solid growth momentum in its economy - the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing PMI increased to a four-month high of 60.2 in June from 58.7 in May - and together with inflation now at ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... month and 4.8% at the start of the year. Forward indicators point to continued growth. While the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index decreased to a reading of 58.7 in October, it was from September's 13-year high of 60.8 was the ...
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