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Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... surveys is any indication, it'll be more of the same, if not worse, in the coming months. The AiG performance of manufacturing index fell to 51.1 in October, still indicating expansion but decelerating from 54.2 in September and 59.8 in August. The narrative's ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... there's no stopping the Fed now, wait till you see the figures from the Institute of Supply Management. The ISM manufacturing index jumped to a reading of 60.8 in September - the highest in 13 years (May 2004) - from 58.8 in August, buoyed by a rise ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... from 9.5%. Not only is consumer sentiment going onwards and upwards, the manufacturing sector is too. The ISM manufacturing index rose to a reading of 58.8 in August from 56.3 in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for an increase ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... "Estimate 2 for 2017-18 is $85,436m. This is 6.4% lower than Estimate 2 for 2016-17." The AiG's performance of manufacturing index (also released yesterday) ties these all together. While still in expansion, the index slowed to a reading of 54.8 in May ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... and prices that, if maintained, would tilt the RBA's bias from steady to tightening. The AiG performance of manufacturing index (PMI) increased to 59.2 in April from 57.5 in the previous month - marking the seventh consecutive month that the index had ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... and new export orders and in output. However, the official reading contrasts with the fall in Caixin China manufacturing index, down to 51.2 in March (still in expansion) from 51.7 in February. The details of Caixin's survey were also opposite that of ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... non-manufacturing surveys portends another strong result following January's stronger-than-expected 227K addition. The ISM manufacturing index jumped to 57.7 in February - the highest since August 2014 - while the ISM non-manufacturing index rose to ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... addition in December and beating market expectations for a gain of 157,000. The sharp jump in the Empire State manufacturing index provides an early clue to this upside surprise. The general business conditions index surged to 18.7 in February - the ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... follows strong readings from AiG's surveys of manufacturing and services activity. The AiG performance of manufacturing index increased for the fourth straight month to a solid 54.4 reading in December with six of the seven sub-activity indices recording ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... US manufacturing, the regional Fed surveys indicate even faster expansion in the sector. The Empire State manufacturing index jumped to a reading of 9 in December from 1.5 in November -- sharply higher than expectations for an increase to 4 and the highest ...