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Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... MPC continues to lessen and the policy decision accordingly becomes more conventional." Again, true that. UK headline inflation - 2.6% in the year to June - had been running above the BOE's 2% since February this year while the core inflation rate - ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Fed became the first mover. More on this later. However, the latest update on US consumer prices showed that headline inflation decelerated to 1.6% in the year to June from 1.9% in May - the lowest since October 2016 and the fourth consecutive month ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... raised interest rates by 25 bps each in June, July and September of that year from 0.25% to 1%. After a lag, headline inflation was brought back down from a high of 3.7% in May 2011 to a low of 0.3% in April 2013. Certainly, those were turbulent years ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... straight month of slowing since peaking at 1.8% in January this year. 'Tis the same for the Eurozone where headline inflation slowed to 1.3% in the year to June, down from 1.4% in the previous month and 1.9% in April. While the core inflation rate picked ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... Fed's argument that the recent deceleration in the rate of inflation is "transitory". Factset data shows US headline inflation peaked at around 2.1% in 2014 with global inflation averaging just a little below 4.0% (when oil prices were trading at around ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... inflation that's still keeping the ECB on its toes: "Looking ahead, on the basis of current futures prices for oil, headline inflation is likely to remain around current levels in the coming months." Brent oil was trading at around US$50 per barrel before ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... year-on-year growth in March to 4.6% in April and 3.8% in May. There's a similar downtrend in inflation as well. Headline inflation's has eased from 2.7% in February to 2.4% in March to 2.2% in April and 1.9% in May while the core inflation rate has ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... puts upward pressure on inflation. The latest update on Japan's consumer prices shows just that. The annual headline inflation rate accelerated to 0.4% in April - the fastest since January this year and double that of the 0.2% rate recorded in the previous ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... Besides, property prices are still up a strong 11.2%. No rate hike too. The sharp pick-up in the annual rate of headline inflation to 2.1% in the March quarter from 1.5% in the previous one (inside the RBA's 2%-3% target band) may have lifted the odds ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Australia to raise interest rates in the foreseeable future (whenever that may be) would point out that the annual headline inflation rate accelerated to 2.1% in the March quarter from 1.5% in the previous three-month period. This is now inside the RBA's ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:22PM
Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:16PM
Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:35AM
MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:31AM
Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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