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The German ZEW economic sentiment could have remained more or less unchanged in February, as the correlated indicators sent mixed signals. The ifo business expectations and the US ISM manufacturing index have both improved. The euro has depreciated and crude oil prices have gone down. However, German yield spreads have…

MANUFACTURING output increased by 14.4 per cent last month on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis.

And excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing cluster, output increased by 23.9 per cent.

The electronics cluster saw the biggest jump with a 57.3 per cent increase in output last month (y-o-y).
The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) attributed this to higher demand, coupled with the low b… more

The ifo business climate for Germany will probably have remained unchanged in January. The US ISM manufacturing index has risen, but the German ZEW economic sentiment has deteriorated. German yield spreads widened until early January, only to narrow slightly again thereafter, just like long-term interest rates, whereas short-term rates have…

The German ZEW economic sentiment is likely to have improved in January, just like the ifo business expectations and the US ISM manufacturing index. German yield spreads widened initially, but have now narrowed again slightly, just like long-term interest rates, whereas short-term rates have decreased. After having depreciated initially, the…

The U.S. faces a major hurdle on its road to recovery: The mismatch between the skills among the millions of people who are losing jobs and those needed for jobs being created.







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An unexpectedly strong report on manufacturing activity Monday bolstered confidence that America’s factories will help sustain an economic recovery.







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The German ZEW economic sentiment is likely to have remained more or less stable in December. The ifo business expectations have improved, but the US ISM manufacturing index has deteriorated. German yield spreads widened initially, but have now narrowed again, just like long-term interest rates, whereas short-term rates have remained…

Improvement in headline economic reports on manufacturing and employment suggest continued economic growth. Our outlook remains for positive economic growth at 2.5 percent plus for the next four quarters with continued low inflation. For manufacturing, the gains in the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Index reflected improvement in orders, production…

With an FOMC meeting, ISM reports and – last but not least – the U.S. jobs report out this week, to say it was a busy week in economics, would be putting it lightly. The week began on an uplifting note courtesy of the ISM index of manufacturing activity, which…

A DECADE ago, investor Lui Chee Meng sank $30,000 into what he thought was a safe blue-chip company backed by Temasek Holdings.
Now, he has lost almost all the cash he put into Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s No. 3 chipmaker.
The loss made him so angry that he voted against the $5.6 billion acquisition of Chartered by a Middle Eastern fund.
But the sale went through anyway, as o… more