Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 111 - 120 of 665 results for "CPI"

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... It will continue expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed consumer price index (CPI, all items less fresh food) exceeds 2% and stays above the target in a stable manner". This was as expected and in-line with ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... inflation measures barely reached the Fed's 2% inflation target. Here are the annual inflation averages for 2019: Headline CPI inflation, down to 1.81% from 2018's average of 2.43%; Core CPI inflation, up from 2.14% to 2.19%; Core PCE price inflation ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... at 2.2%. Then again, US inflation stats remain tame however it's measured. Data at the end of December 2020 shows headline CPI inflation at 1.3%; core CPI inflation at 1.6%; headline PCE price index at 1.3%; and, core PCE price index at 1.5%. While measured ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... following three quarters to end with a 5% expansion this year and return to pre-pandemic levels by the first quarter of 2022. "CPI inflation is currently below the MPC's 2% target, largely reflecting the direct and indirect effects of Covid-19. As ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... low interest rates and bond yields and the impact of the pandemic on economies around the world. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5%, Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 5% and Schroder Real Return Fund (managed fund) have been renamed and given new return ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... continue to recover from the 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation growth decelerated from the ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... territory from FY20's negative returns. The 1.7% return for 2020 is still below the target return of 4.4%, which is set at CPI plus 4-5% over the long-term. It is also a sharp contrast to 2019's pre-COVID returns of 14.3%. Longer-term returns ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... inflation moderately above 2% for some time". Besides, all US inflation measures remain below the 2% target; annual headline CPI inflation was at 1.3% in December, core CPI inflation at 1.6%, the headline and core PCE price deflators stood at 1.1% and ...

Charter Hall adds three properties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Charter Hall continues to build its portfolio, acquiring three properties with a combined purchase price of $319 million. The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (CLW) has entered into an agreement to take full ownership of 76-78 Pitt Street, an office building ...

Super SA to close growth option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... option will be moved to the balanced option from the same date. Additionally, the capital defensive option will change from CPI +1.5% to CPI +1% following review of the investment objective by Super SA and Funds SA. "Due to the unprecedented easing of ...