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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... expected on Monday. In Australia, the market on Friday rose on the back of encouraging US economic data. The US Conference Board's index of leading indicators, rose 0.5 per cent in February, the largest amount in three months. The Federal Reserve Bank ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... payback in the coming weeks, the longer term trend in this indicator is clearly down. Betterer number 2. The US Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators - which gauges the outlook for the economy over the next 6 months -- rose by 0.5% ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... expectations for only a 0.4% gain. All good. Except that, buried deep inside the "feel good" headlines was the US Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence dropped to a lower than expected 62.0 in June - the lowest since January - from ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... double-dip that was the scare-in-vogue back in the middle of the year. And there's China too. No, wait! The US Conference Board has just issued a China alert. The risk of a more substantive slowdown in China's economic growth than anticipated so far ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... marching tune of the civil rights movement) and the congregation on The Street have their own rallying song. The US Conference Board revealed that consumer confidence dropped to 63.4 in March following a downwardly revised 72.0 in February - the biggest ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... Searching... searching. Aha! China! Chinese authorities are trying to slow their economy. And it is slowing. The US Conference Board (based in New York) lowered its April leading economic index for China to show a rise of only 0.3 per cent -- the slightest ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... or is it out of America about China? -- kicked off the global selling frenzy. In an emailed statement, the US Conference Board (based in New York) announced that it lowered its April leading economic index for China to show a rise of only 0.3 per cent ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... overnight. The trigger? US consumers changed their minds. They are less happy. Or they were more worried. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 46.0 in February following a downwardly revised 56.5 - from 55.9 - in the previous month ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... 48.4 in the previous month and stronger than expectations for a reading of 50. Also, reports showed that the US Conference Board's Employment Trend Index rose to 88.5 last month from 88.2 in August - good news on the labour front. Last night's data sort ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... improvement (see above) - and voila!...the sector that makes up 70 percent of the US economy is happier. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 54.1 in August following an upwardly revised 47.4 in the previous month. The expectations ...
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