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The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... brains. Last night's batch of releases indicates that the outlook for the US economy remains foggy. ISM non-manufacturing index came in better than expected but factory orders disappointed. However, the more important labour market stat - the ADP private ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... survey release strong, equals taper on. Wall Street ended higher last night because......of bad stats: ISM manufacturing index disappointed and fell into contraction territory (49.0 points) in May; construction spending increased by 0.4% in April, more ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... as is the ANZ job advertisements series for May. Also out is the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing index for May and the latest Dun & Bradstreet business expectations survey. The local market closed flat on Friday, with the benchmark ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... economic forces on domestics, the domestic releases are nasty, nasty by their lonesome. In Australia, the AiG manufacturing index 'slump' (that's the word I found in most headlines) by 7.7 points to 36.7 in April - the lowest level since May 2009 and ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... print and anxiety over the Boston bombings. And oh, indications that the US is slowing - both the Empire State manufacturing index and the NAHB confidence index dropped and disappointed. Tuesday: S&P 500 up 1.4% as traders forgot all about China and ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... that it still showed decent growth in March and that the previous two months were revised higher. The ISM non-manufacturing index disappointed too - and don't let anyone tell you that the March reading remains above 50 indicating that the services sector ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... sometime late this year" - be true also? The next disappointing one month data....drum roll...the ISM non-manufacturing index. It came in at 54.4 in March from 56 in the previous month. Markets expected a dip to only 55.5. No, we won't let the fact that ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing index. If you're still deciding which forecast has a better chance of coming true...just follow the money. It begins and ends in ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... 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 to 57.8 and new export orders increasing ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... strengthening and durable good orders are surging. Even better, the forward view is warm and sunny days ahead. The ISM manufacturing index - what I consider the most reliable and consistent predictor of US growth - jumped to 53.1 last month from 50.2 ...