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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth in the core inflation measure sped up to 2.3% - the highest since January 2017 - from 2.2% in the previous month. Although the consumer price index ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... first." On wages and inflation he said: "wages are growing a little faster than they did a few years ago" and "core inflation was 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending in May, compared with 1.5 percent a year ago." What do we get? Of course, that familiar ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth in the core inflation measure sped up to 2.3% - the highest since January 2017 - from 2.2% in the previous month. Although the consumer price index ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... one can fault the RBNZ, annual GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the March 2014 quarter to 3.2% in the next and core inflation was getting closer to its target - from 0.7% in the June 2013 quarter to 1.7% in the September 2014 quarter. Then comes the ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... Japans' headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.7 in the year to April from 1.1% in March and 1.5% in February. The annual core inflation rate eased to 0.7% in April from 0.8% and 0.9% in March and February, respectively.

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... in the year to the December quarter - to the point of overheating that it's lifting inflation. Turkey's core inflation rate had been in double-digits since August last year and has accelerated from 11.4% in March to 12.2% in April. The Turkish ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... inflation weakness - headline CPI inflation slowed to 1.2% in the year to April from 1.3% in the previous month; core inflation decelerated to 0.7% from 1% in March. Continuing strength in the US economy and slowly lifting inflation suggest that the ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... inflation only managed a small increase to 2.5% in the year to April from 2.4% in the previous month. The less volatile core inflation measure hardly budged at 2.1% in April - the same as March but lower than market expectations for an increase to 2.2%. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... increases, but to those looking at inflation from the point of view of assessing the direction of monetary policy, it is core inflation that matters more. Core inflation remains low: the trimmed weighted measure increased by 1.9% in the year to March ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.4% in March from 2.2% in the previous month. Similarly, the less volatile core inflation (ex- food and energy) rate moved up to 2.1% from 1.8%. However, note that it is the core PCE price index that is tied to the ...