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Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... repayment schedule. Cross over to the UK and you'll see that things are heating up there too - price-wise that, is. Headline CPI inflation spiked to an annual rate of 4.5 per cent in April from 4.0 per cent in the previous month. The Bank of England ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... all. QE2 was really meant for something. While growth stats have been picking up of late, inflation remains MIA. Headline CPI inflation increased by a less than expected 0.2 per cent in October, up 1.2 per cent on the year. Core inflation was flat for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday. The median market forecast had been for headline CPI growth at 0.8 per cent in the March quarter, for an annual pace of 2.8 per cent. Underlying inflation, the Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... CPI (consumer price index) came out... the rate rise is looking a bit more likely," Mr Leppinus said. Australia's headline CPI rose 0.5 per cent in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Wednesday. Economists had expected ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... weighted median was reported at 4.2 per cent. Although the Australian Bureau of Statistics' result was much milder - the headline CPI was 1.5 per cent in the second quarter and the core rate right smack in the middle of the target at 2.5 per cent. But ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... record low of 68 per cent during the month. And still there's more. The US appears to be headed for deflation. Annual headline CPI inflation fell to 1.4 per cent in June, down from a decline of 1.3 per cent in the previous month. Record low capacity ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... to a six and a half year low of 4.25 per cent currently. And this was at a time when all measures of inflation - headline CPI, trimmed mean, weighted median - were still trending higher. Thus far, Australia has been fortunate enough to avoid being drag ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... US consumer prices were falling at a rate of 1 per cent per annum and growth contracted by 2.6 per cent? Maybe. US headline CPI inflation fell by 0.7 per cent in December, up by only 0.1 per cent from a year ago - the smallest year-on-year gain since ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... news of a significant fall in US headline consumer prices have hammered the final nail in the inflation coffin. US headline CPI dropped by a full percentage point in October - the biggest drop in 61 years - after a flat September reading. This took the ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... economic glass is half-full camp concentrated on the CPI data indicating that inflationary pressures are weakening. US headline CPI steadied in September, lower than expectations for a rise of 0.1 per cent rise. Core consumer prices also came in lower ...