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Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... 1.9% over the past four quarters to end-June 2017 - and whatever purchasing power consumers have is being eroded by inflation - the annual headline CPI inflation rate was 1.9% in the June 2017 quarter. Besides, it remains to be seen if this one-month ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... based on the IMF's assumption that the "European Central Bank should wait for concrete evidence of a steady pickup in inflation before reducing the extent of accommodation". The IMF predicts headline inflation of 1.5% this year before slowing to 1.4% ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... continues to be absorbed as evidenced by accelerating growth in wages. How soon this will show up in the measured CPI inflation stats remains to be seen but is giving credence to the Fed's view of the transitory nature of low inflation, making the telegraphed ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... point to solid growth in employment over the period ahead," which "should see some lift in wage growth over time." "Inflation also remains low and is expected to pick up gradually as the economy strengthens." All of these expectations have been distilled ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... continued improvement in production and new orders and employment expanding at the fastest rate in nine months. Too, inflation is stirring: "cost pressures intensified, with input prices increasing at the quickest pace since December 2012. Output charges ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... equity markets for giving this tax plan the benefit of the doubt. After all it spells reflation all around - growth and inflation. Despite this, question remains as to Congress' approval given its expected negative impact on the budget deficit. Bloomberg ...

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... found Australian investors say they prefer safety over performance yet have expectations of annual returns of 9.6% above inflation, without taking on extra risk. "Australian investors say that they expect annual returns of 9.6% above inflation, which ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below target inflation dynamics. There were those who argued - like New York Fed president William Dudley - that normalisation should go ahead because ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... These are based on their view that "emergency accommodation" is no longer necessary as the downside risks to growth and inflation have eased. But not Westpac, its chief economist Bill Evans is sticking to his guns and saying that, "we are not convinced ...