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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... growth in retail sales have been in trend decline since peaking at a 4.9% rate back in June last year. US ISM manufacturing index While most of this week's US data releases provided a "case for an increase in the federal funds rate", the latest Institute ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... result of the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing survey. The AiG performance of manufacturing index dropped to a reading of 46.9 in August, a sharp reversal from July's 56.4 reading. According to AiG, "Comments from manufacturers ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While shipments ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... easing jobs growth to 17-month lows....or improved a lot - the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) non-manufacturing index jumped to 56.5 in June from 52.9 in May. This is sharply higher than market expectations for a 53.3 print and is the highest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone (1.5%), the United Kingdom (2.0%) and Japan (-0.05%). US ISM manufacturing index Contrary to indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and flat activity indicated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
US Richmond Fed manufacturing index The Richmond Fed manufacturing survey, like the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys released before it, is considered second-tier and like them, the latest update indicated slowing manufacturing activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... is consistent with that of the US' official manufacturing survey - the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index (due out 1 June) - if not more positive. The ISM manufacturing index had only fallen into contraction territory from October ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... going forward. Now you see why the Empire State manufacturing survey disappointed big time. The Empire State manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 9.02 in May, sharp deterioration from the previous month's plus 9.56 score and much worse than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Australia employment Lead indications from the AiG performance of manufacturing index and the NAB business survey pointed to a sharp improvement in Australian employment growth in March. The employment component of the AiG performance of manufacturing ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... in the fourth quarter of last year and lower than consensus expectations for a reading of 9. The large non-manufacturing index fell to a reading of 22 from 25 in the December quarter. Indices for small manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises ...