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From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... survey data but President Trump's reflationary agenda has brought out the animal - animal spirits that is - among US manufacturers. This is the indication from the just-released Markit Flash US Manufacturing PMI. The preliminary estimate shows the index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... per cent in September. Analysts expected the index to decline to 55.0. October car sales from the three largest US manufacturers, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, posted double-digit percentage gains. LONDON - European stock markets mostly fell despite ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... December and the Case-Shiller index rose by 0.9% in the same month. There wasn't any fear over 'sequestration' among US manufacturers either. The ISM manufacturing index accelerated by 1.1 points to 54.2 In February with new orders jumping by 4.5 points ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... to 54.7 in September from 51.6 in the previous month suggesting increased hiring and/or hiring intentions from US manufacturers. However, the same component in the ISM non-manufacturing survey fell to 51.1 last month from 53.8 in August, indicating the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... price since the financial crisis. Stocks rose early Thursday on solid factory orders and strong earnings from US manufacturers. They drifted lower after weaker reports on housing and economic growth tempered traders' optimism. The Dow closed down 22 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... Economists blamed the disappointing figures in part on the impact of Japan's March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster on US manufacturers as well as a jump in oil prices but the headline figures were still terrible. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... initial reaction to China's weekend announcement was that a stronger yuan compared with the US dollar would allow US manufacturers and exporters to be more competitive selling their products in China. But traders came to see the move as more of a long-term ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... Moreover, January's 1.1 per cent contraction was revised to a decline of 1.3 per cent. What this means is that US manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have been de-stocking at a faster rate in the first quarter than the one before. This will be a ...

Market retreats ahead of rates reprieve

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... South Australian Government's announcement that it intends reviewing the 15 per cent shareholder cap. Despite US manufacturers' renaissance, there seems to be no great cause for alarm where, the private equity dynamic, liquidity and superannuation in-flows ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... 47.62 while prices received rose by a meagre 0.23 points to 14.75 (indicating the absence of pricing power among US manufacturers). The yuan traded below 8 per US$1 for the first time (7.9990) in 12 years without government intervention and closed at ...
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