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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 ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held on the same day the inflation report provided clues as to the RBA's thinking with regards to inflation, and therefore, the near-term direction of monetary ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... falls to lowest since October 2016." The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the June quarter CPI inflation report later today. The actual figures would affirm (if higher than expected) or negate (if lower) current perceptions of the RBA's ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... bank upgraded its 2017 growth outlook to 2.0% from 1.4% and the unemployment rate to 4.9% to 5.0% in its latest Inflation Report. Growth and the labour market are not the BOE's current problem, rising inflation is. As the report noted, "The value of ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Rate hike on, rate hike off. Financial markets raised their bets for a September fed funds rate lift soon after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's two-day outing at Jackson Hole (25-26 August). Her words, "Indeed, in light of the continued solid ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... August. The precise size and nature of any stimulatory measures will be determined during the August forecast and Inflation Report round". The British central bank was relieved that markets functioned well post-Brexit, "and the improved resilience of ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... lower path for growth and a notably higher path for inflation than in the central projections set out in the May Inflation Report." And then there's this: "As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... external trade also supported the RBA's positive outlook on the economy and that we're it not for the "shocking" inflation report, it wouldn't have cut the official cash rate down to a record low 1.75% two days ago. The country's trade deficit narrowed ...