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Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... 1.35% at the end of last week - down from this year's high of 1.74% recorded at the end of March. IHS Markit's US PMI survey supported concerns that the economy has reached its peaked. While still at a reading indicating expansion, the composite ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... of November, following a 0.1% fall in the previous month for its second straight month of decline. The IHS Markit Flash US PMI finds that this continued in December. Here are its key findings: Flash US Composite Output Index at 55.7 (58.6 in November). ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... a level consistent with a further reduction in the official measure of factory payroll numbers". The trend in Markit's US PMI measure is consistent with that of the US' official manufacturing survey - the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... manufacturing production - slow, at best, until inventories hit painters - a fact we just saw from the weakening Markit US PMI manufacturing index and only last night, the disappointing drop in the Richmond Fed manufacturing index to minus 3 in November ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... One paper's verdict is there's now global healing! I don't know! Remember, one swallow does not a spring make. The strong US PMI reading for the US, for instance, coincides with reports that US jobless claims increased by 28K - more than expected and ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. True. A fact confirmed by Markit Economics' flash estimate of US PMI - released overnight - that showed the index rising to 51.3 in October from 51.1 in the previous month. "Growth in employment ...
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