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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Reports of purchasing manager indices indicate that manufacturing has begun the new year strongly. Indices in the United States, UK, India, South-Afrika, Russia and the Netherlands all increased in Januari. The shrunken stockpiles are being expanded and companies are buying production materials to meet growing demand. For example the American purchasing manager index increased with 3.5 points to 58.4 and in the UK the index reached its highest point since 1994 with 56.7points.

The American ministry of Trade has published figures yesterday about personal income and personal expenses for December. Incomes rose 0.4%, anaylst expected a rise of 0.3%. The personal expenses increased 0.2%, less than the 0.3% economists expected.

The Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) came out at 38.8 in Januari. A rise as to 38.7 in December. The ESI tries to measure the health of the American economy by analysing articals published in 15 daily newspapers in the US. There is a risk of downturn in the economy if the index goes below 50 points.

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