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Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... because of relatively stronger GDP growth - revised up to 1.7% in 2018 (from 1.5% in the November 2017 Quarterly Inflation Report) and 1.8% in 2019 (from 1.7%) - "domestic inflationary pressures are expected to rise. The firming of shorter-term measures ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... prices eased to 2.7% in the year to December from 3.3% in the previous month. The BOE's November 2017 Quarterly Inflation Report sees CPI inflation easing from 3.0% in 2017 to 2.4% by the end of this year before slowing to 2.2% in 2019 and 2.1% in 2020. ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... likelihood, even weaker income growth". Not to mention on overall GDP growth - which in the latest 'Quarterly Inflation Report' (QIR) the BOE revised lower to 1.7% (from 1.9% in the May QIR) this year and 1.6% (from 1.7%) in 2018. Sterling's effective ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all in one go -- on Thursday, 6 August 2015, at exactly 12:45PM London time. The BOE's aim is to increase transparency in ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... expectations have been pushed further back - not before June 2016 - after the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report where the British central bank downgraded its economic growth forecasts through to 2017 and Gov Carney stating that the monetary ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... setting and wage formation." Easing prices have also become a worry for the Bank of England (BOE). In its Quarterly Inflation Report, the BOE predicts inflation to average to just a little above zero next quarter before increasing to 1.96% in 2017 and ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker that he is (yes, I'm a Carney groupie now), he said it more eloquently... ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... quarter from 2.7% before that and 1.8% before this. The outlook is even better with the freshly-released Quarterly Inflation Report (QIR) predicting growth of 3.4% for all of this year.... and as per the BOE, "The expansion now appears more broadly based ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... this lightly yesterday, but it's made the news today with the release of the Bank of England's (BOE) Quarterly Inflation Report. Imported BOE Governor Mark Carney is also doing a Yellen cum Bullard and "elaborated" on forward guidance. "The first phase ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... momentum in the UK economy and judged that staying the course is the best course of action. The latest BOE Quarterly Inflation Report underscores the brightening outlook for economy. The British central bank lifted its GDP forecasts to 1.6% (from 1.4% ...
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