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-----Original Message----- From: "caknoval" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:21:29 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [saham] Re: Industrial Production in U.S. Increases on Cars, Computers Pokoknya Aneka perTambangan selalu menarik untuk investasi dah :-)) --- In [email protected], "Bagya" <bagyanugraha@...> wrote: > > Besi-baja, batubara, timah, karet, plastik, aluminium....apalagi ya yang > menarik buat invest? > > > Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Industrial production in the U.S. advanced in > September on growing demand for automobiles and computers after stalling the > prior month, a sign manufacturers are contributing to growth. > > Output at factories, mines and utilities increased 0.2 percent, in line with > the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey, after being little changed in > August, figures from the Federal Reserve showed today. Factory production, > which makes up 75 percent of the total, climbed for a third month. > > Companies like General Motors Co. and Alcoa Inc. are getting a lift as Japan > recovers from the earthquake and tsunami, and as demand from emerging markets > and business investment boosts orders. At the same time, shipments to Europe > may cool as the region's debt crisis lingers, indicating factory assembly > lines will probably not be running at full tilt. > > "You can't scare America into recession right now," David Kelly, chief > market strategist at JPMorgan Funds in New York, said in an interview on > Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop" with Betty Liu. The data "have been > quite good in the last few weeks," said Kelly, who projects the economy grew > at least at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter and possibly as much > as 3 percent. > > Survey Results > > Estimates of the 75 economists surveyed by Bloomberg ranged from an increase > of 0.5 percent to a drop of 0.3 percent. The Fed previously reported the > August reading as a 0.2 percent increase. Manufacturing accounts for about 12 > percent of the economy. > > Stocks fell as a German government spokesman damped optimism of a quick fix > to Europe's debt crisis. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 0.6 percent > to 1,217.63 at 9:38 a.m. in New York. The decrease followed the gauge's > biggest weekly advance since 2009. Treasury securities rose, sending the > yield on the benchmark 10-year note down to 2.21 percent from 2.25 percent > late on Oct. 14. > > Another report showed manufacturing in the New York region contracted in > October at a faster pace than forecast, reflecting a lack of confidence in > the recovery that failed to be confirmed by measures of orders and sales. The > Federal Reserve Bank of New York's general economic index rose to minus 8.5 > from minus 8.8 in September. Readings less than zero signal companies in the > so-called Empire State Index, which covers New York, northern New Jersey, and > southern Connecticut, are cutting back. > > Factory Output > > Today's industrial production report showed factory output climbed 0.4 > percent after increasing 0.3 percent in August. > > Capacity utilization, which measures the amount of a plant that is in use, > increased to 77.4 percent from 77.3 percent in August. The gauge compares > with the average of 79.5 percent over the past 20 years. > > Mining production, which includes oil drilling, rose 0.8 percent. Utility > output dropped 1.8 percent after decreasing 2.9 percent in August. > > The output of motor vehicles and parts increased 0.7 percent after climbing > 1.5 percent a month earlier, today's report showed. Excluding autos and > parts, manufacturing rose 0.3 percent in September for a second month. > > Production of business equipment advanced 1 percent last month, reflecting a > 1.9 percent gain in computer output. The increases signal investment in > capital equipment continues to climb. > > Auto Gains > > Automobile manufacturing, which has recovered from supply chain disruptions > related to Japan's earthquake earlier this year, is supporting factories > through the current period of sluggish growth. September vehicle sales rose > to a 13 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, exceeding median forecast of > analysts surveyed by Bloomberg and the strongest since April, according to > industry data. > > Detroit-based GM reported sales rose 20 percent in September from a year > earlier, and company executives don't believe the economy is falling back > into a recession. Economic data "all point to a slow-growth scenario, not a > double dip," Don Johnson, GM vice president of U.S. sales, said on an Oct. 3 > conference call. > > Other indicators show manufacturing may have skirted a contraction after > economic growth slowed in the first half of 2011 to weakest pace since the > recession began. > > The Institute for Supply Management's factory index climbed to 51.6 last > month from 50.6 in August, the Tempe, Arizona-based group said Oct. 3. A > level greater than 50 signals expansion. > > Global Demand > > Alcoa, the largest U.S. aluminum producer, has looked past swinging stock > markets and Europe's sovereign debt crisis, as the company expects demand to > recover. While the New-York based company posted profit last week that > trailed analysts' estimates as European customers cut back, it maintained its > 2012 global demand growth forecast of 12 percent. > > "We've seen strength in many of our markets despite the sharp slowdown in > Europe that hurt our sequential results, and I'm more concerned about the > lack of confidence than about market fundamentals," Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa's > president and chief executive officer, said in an Oct. 11 call with analysts. > "It almost looks like the world is worrying itself into another recession and > that should not be allowed to happen." > > To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Kowalski in Washington at > akowalski13@... > > To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christopher Wellisz at > cwellisz@... > > === > Sent from Bloomberg for Blackberry. Download it from the Blackberry App World! > Thanks, > Bagya > Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry® >
