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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016

... continued weakening in consumer inflation expectations, reflecting the easing in the official CPI inflation stats. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 1.00% in the June quarter (from 1.30% in the March quarter; the trimmed mean measure eased to 1.66% (from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016

... 1.25% from 1.50%. Apart from falling exports and weakened domestic demand, the BOK also noted easing inflation - headline CPI slowed to 0.8% in the year to May from 1.0% in April; the core rate decelerated to 1.6% from 1.8%. The latest PPI report indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016

... the lowest on record. Fortunately, Australian workers still have some spending power thanks to lower inflation - headline CPI inflation was at 1.3% in the March quarter. The bad news is that lower inflation also diminishes workers' bargaining power in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016

... should help support motor vehicle spending going forward. US CPI inflation April's 0.4% month-on-month increase in US headline CPI inflation might be higher than the expected 0.3% pick-up and the fastest rate of monthly rise since February 2013 but this ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016

... consumption that depresses national output. As well, a stronger yen puts more downward pressure on inflation. Japanese headline CPI inflation was clocked at 0.2% (year-on-year) in December. Core inflation was at 0.1%. BOJ target, 2.0%. The continued ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016

... economic fundamentals were asking for more stimulus - in whatever size, shape or form. Latest stats attest to this. Headline CPI inflation eased to 0.2% in the year to December from 0.3% in the previous month; core CPI inflation (ex-food) remained unchanged ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016

... Kingdom, low-flation China, the latest update on Australian consumer prices shows that inflation here is under control. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to an annual rate of 1.7% in the December quarter from 1.5% in the previous three-month period. ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

... from 2.4% -- but remain within its 2%-3% target and certainly still ways off from the threat of deflation. Even the headline CPI inflation is up 1.5% despite the sharp drop in energy prices - you know, the one the BOJ, the ECB and the BOE blame for the ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015

... dropped out of the stats - has become low-flation, that turned to no-flation and is now back to deflation. Annual headline CPI inflation was recorded at minus 0.1% in September, unchanged from August. To be sure and as the BOJ claims, this is due to ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015

... sits. Changing some or all the inputs/assumptions, of course, changes the i. For instance, plugging in the September headline CPI inflation (1.5% in the September quarter) instead of the trimmed mean CPI measure, gives us an equilibrium i of 1.75%. And ...

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