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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... longer-term trend shows continued weakening in consumer inflation expectations, reflecting the easing in the official CPI inflation stats. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 1.00% in the June quarter (from 1.30% in the March quarter; the trimmed mean measure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... first quarter. Consensus expectations were for a 1.8% gain. Labour costs rose by 2.1% in the year to June. China CPI inflation The annual rate of consumer price inflation in China eased to 1.8% in July (as expected) from 1.9% in the previous month. This ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... manufacturers had a tricky start to the year, there are more positive signs as output and demand stabilise." Hong Kong CPI inflation Easing food, transport and housing prices lowered Hong Kong's annual CPI inflation rate to 2.6% in May from 2.7% in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... absence of a big surprise - up or down - provides no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy adjustment. US CPI inflation Headline consumer prices increased by 0.2% in May, slowing from April's 0.4% monthly gain and lower than expectations for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... of year on year decline, falling by 4.1% in the year to May that followed a 14.6% contraction in April. Malaysia CPI inflation As expected, Malaysia's CPI inflation slowed to an annual rate of 2.0% in May - the slowest since April last year -- from 2.1% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... pressures prompted the Australian central bank to cut interest rates last month, April's "inflation surprise" - CPI inflation quickened to 5.4% in the year to April from 4.8% in March (RBI target 5%) - prevented the RBI from reducing interest rates some ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... straight sub-50 reading. The official non-manufacturing PMI declined to 53.1 in May from 53.5 in April. Thailand CPI inflation Thailand's headline consumer prices increased by 0.5% in the year to May, up from 0.1% in April and higher than expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... of respondents expecting less jobs in the coming months increased to 18.1% in May from 16.7% in April. Eurozone CPI inflation Flash estimates show that headline consumer price inflation in the Eurozone dipped by 0.1% in the year to May - in line with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... month of fall and the fifth over the past six months. Persistent deflation in the country - both headline and core CPI inflation measures down by 0.3% in April - consumers would not be in a rush to boost spending on expectations that prices would be ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... its intentions are to boost growth and rid the economy of deflation, amid slow global growth. The annual rate of CPI inflation in Singapore had been falling for 18 straight months - down 0.5% in April from down 1.0 in the previous month. The latest GDP ...