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Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... February. This is the slowest rate of price growth this year and is below market expectations for a 2.3% increase. Core inflation wasn't any better, slowing to a year-on-year rate of 1.9% (below target) last month from 2.4% in March. This is less than ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... target band, the highest reading in 10 quarters and the fourth quarter of steadily accelerating inflation. Even the core inflation measures have accelerated and are nearing the RBA target. The trimmed mean measure sped up to 1.9% in first quarter (from ...

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... progress over inflation, it actually reversed in March - headline CPI inflation down to 1.5% from 2.0% in February; core inflation down to 0.7% from 0.9% -- latest data indicate that growth in the Eurozone continues to gain momentum. Eurostat reported ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... CPI inflation eased sharply to 1.5% in March on the back of, yes, slowing energy prices. Moreover, the still low core inflation reading - 0.9% annual rate in December, January and February - went even lower to 0.7% in March, the slowest reading in 11 ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... price inflation. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 2.4% in the year to March from 2.7% in the previous month and core inflation eased to 2.0% from 2.2% over the same period.

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... expected inflation - headline CPI inflation up 2.3% in the year to February (from 1.8% in the previous month) and core inflation up 2.0% (from 1.6%) - fresh updates showed a re-acceleration in retail spending. This is hardly surprising in light of declining ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... economies have been positive over the past two months" -inflation - "Global headline inflation has increased... Core inflation has been low and stable" - and expects "monetary policy to remain stimulatory". In addition, it noted that while GDP was weaker ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... previous month. This is higher than market expectations for acceleration to 2.1% and above the BOE's 2.0% target. The core inflation rate is right smack at the British central bank's inflation target - up 2.0% in the year to February - the fastest annual ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... accelerated to 2.7% in the year to February - the fastest rate since March 2012 - from 2.5% in the previous month. Core inflation eased to 2.2% from 2.3% but remains above the Fed's 2.0% target. Note that core CPI inflation had been closely tracking ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... previous month) and appears headed for the RBA's 2.0% target, it had been boosted by rising fuel and food prices. The core inflation rate remained at a low 0.9% in January, unchanged from December. The ECB would also want to guard against any negative ...