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Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... three-month period and are lower than market expectations for a 0.7% pick-up. The latest figure takes the annual headline inflation rate to 1.5% from 1.3% third quarter and 1.0% in the second quarter. Inflation might be heading in the right direction ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... prices for the fourth successive month, albeit at a moderate pace that was similar to that seen in December". US headline inflation was at 2.1% in the year to December while core inflation stood at 2.2%.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Bank of England's (BOE) warning of rising inflation due to the pound sterling's depreciation, the UK's annual headline inflation rate sped up to 1.0% in September - the fastest rate since November 2014 -- from 0.6% in the previous month and greater than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... inflation A 3.2% increase in food prices largely contributed to China's fastest inflation rate in three months. Headline inflation rose by 1.9% in the year to September, accelerating from 1.3% in the previous month and faster than market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... slowest gain since March - after rising by 0.2% in the previous month. The latest figures take the annual US headline inflation rate down to 0.8% in July from 1.0% in June and the core inflation measure down to 2.1% from 2.2%. US industrial production ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... that "we must be patient". That patience might have just ran out with the final estimate of April Eurozone headline inflation confirming the preliminary 0.2% year-on-year decline in consumer prices, due largely to lower prices of fuel for transport (-11.7%) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... even with last month's strong gain in headline prices, the annual inflation rate remains below Fed target. Headline inflation was up 1.1% in the year to April from 0.9% in March. Also besides, the Fed does not target headline inflation. Core inflation ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... the decline was broad-based with prices dropping in six out of the CPI's eleven major groups. Year-on-year, headline inflation moved further away from the lower range of the RBA's 2%-3% target band, easing to 1.3% in the first quarter from 1.7% in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... The MAS lowered its core inflation expectation to the lower half of its 0.5% - 1.5% forecasts this year and headline inflation to average between minus 1.0% and 0%. The MAS target's a 2.0% inflation rate.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... is expected to undershoot the target in 2016". The Riksbank targets inflation of 2.0%. As at March, annual headline inflation was running at 0.8% (up from 0.4% in February) while the core rate stood at 1.5% (up from 1.1%). "The continued asset purchases ...