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British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... committees. Hauser has also held senior roles across most of the BoE's other major functions, including leading its Inflation Report, its international economic analysis, and its regional agencies' intelligence gathering. Treasurer Jim Chalmers ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... remained extremely tight, which has supported wage growth. "While the Fed will draw some comfort from todays' inflation report, the fight against high inflation is far from over and the risks of elevated inflation becoming entrenched is still high against ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... think? Nope. "The Committee continues to judge that, were the economy to develop broadly in line with its May Inflation Report projections that included an assumption of a smooth Brexit, an ongoing tightening of monetary policy over the forecast period ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... consistent with BOE governor Mark Carney's statement that, "were the economy to develop broadly in line with its Inflation Report projections, an ongoing tightening of monetary policy over the forecast period, at a gradual pace and to a limited extent ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... easy to dismiss his ranting then. But Trump's recent outburst has been straight away vindicated by the US inflation report released last night. America's annual headline inflation rate slowed to 2.3% in September from 2.7% in the previous month. ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... remains optimistic. The MPC's updated growth and inflation projections are broadly the same as in the May Inflation Report: GDP growth is forecast at 1.4% this year (1.4% in May) before lifting to 1.8% in 2019 (1.7% in May) and 1.7% in 2020 (unchanged). ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... give the Fed some breathing space as it proceeds with normalising interest rates. Then again, maybe not. The CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... give the Fed some breathing space as it proceeds with normalising interest rates. Then again, maybe not. The CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... because as stated in the Monetary Policy Summary: "In the MPC's most recent projections, set out in the May Inflation Report... a small margin of excess demand was projected to emerge by early 2020, feeding through into higher rates of pay growth ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... day's closing of 1.83%. Surely, the persistent rise in bond yields would have added the faster than expected inflation report for US equities and even compounded by data (released on the same day) of weaker than expected retail spending. US retail sales ...
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