Extended campaigning hours are welcomed by Johor election candidates

Parties who were dissatisfied with the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which required them to close at 10 p.m. every day, have welcomed the extension of campaigning hours till midnight.

Prime Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri granted the extension after meeting with Pakatan Harap...

US MANUFACTURING SECTOR WITNESES ROBUST GROWTH IN MARCH

Highlights

• The report said the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) went up by 3.9 percentage points to 64.7 percent

• The March PMI indicates expansion in the overall economy for the 10th month in a row after shrinking in the months or March, April and May in 2020...

MONTH OF AUGUST WAS BEST FOR MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE U.S. SINCE 2018

Highlights

• The report made by the ISM states that the economic activity went up for the fourth consecutive month

• According to the report, the PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) went up by 1.8 percent to 56 percent

• The impact of manufacturing se...

NOT SO SWEET: SUGAR PRODUCTION DECLINED

The production of sugar till December 31 in the current sugar season (October-September) of 2019-2020 has seen a fall by 30% that accounts for 7.79 million tons from 11.17 tons as recorded on December 31, 2018. The production saw a decline of 3.37 million tons as compared to the last season's...

The lagging manufacturing sector may be about to rebound, according to a reliable indicator

Chip stocks in the manufacturing economy may point the way to a rebound.

According to the widely watched ISM manufacturing index, manufacturing activity has been contracting since the summer, but this may be about to change.

Natixis economist Joseph LaVorgna said that semicond...