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So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... five times from 6% in October 2014 to 4.6% last month. With inflation far below its 2015 inflation target of 4.0% -- headline CPI inflation rate was 1.6% in July; core inflation at 1.7% -- it could cut some more. And certainly, there's still more room ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would cut interest rates once (or twice?) more. First the stats: annual headline CPI inflation was clocked at 1.5% in the June quarter, up from 1.3% in the first quarter of this year; the core measures - the ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... blame him, he looks around inside his backyard and sees that everything's getting better. Except for low inflation - headline CPI eased back to zero in June from 0.1% in May; the core rate dipped to 0.8% from 0.9% -- the UK economy is lookin' pretty ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... "Malcolm in the Middle", for which the song above was written... the RBA's in the middle. Looking at the top line headline CPI inflation measure would give a resounding "yes" answer to a May interest rate snip. Headline inflation eased to 1.3% in the ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... month-on-month drop in energy prices in September and 2.6% decline in August. It's the same in Australia's case where the headline CPI slowed significantly to 2.3% in the September quarter from 3.0% in the three-months to June period. To be sure, much ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... appears that the Japanese government and the BOJ's are achieving their aim to raise inflation to 2.0% -- the annual headline CPI inflation rate was clocked at 1.6% in March while core inflation increased by 1.3% -- this is due to the "front loading" ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... on Jobs"? The good news on top of the good news is that UK inflation remains well-behaved. The annual harmonised headline CPI measure eased to 1.85% in January from 2.0% in the previous month and the core rate slipped to 1.63% from 1.7%. This allows ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... inflation expectations continue to be well anchored." And that's the rub-a-dub-dub, folks. Inflation's no probs - latest headline CPI rate at 1.5% and core at 1.7% -- it's a non-factor.A But the "6-1/2 percent" unemployment rate threshold is. If the ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... will stay there until the unemployment rate remains above 6.5% (now at 7.7%) and inflation is no more than 2.5% (headline CPI now at 1.6%). In 2012, it was renewed speculation of a break up of the euro sparked by the victory of anti-austerity crusader ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... better-than-expected core inflation print that has virtually assured his prediction becomes reality - maybe. Australian headline CPI inflation eased to 0.6% in the September quarter - in line with market expectations - from 0.9% in the second quarter. ...