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Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... before the set September 2016 deadline. No thanks to the rising US dollar, the US economy has weakened and headline inflation had become deflation (minus 0.1% in March) -- and expectations of a Fed lift-off pushed further back. The IMF foresaw this more ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... the top line headline CPI inflation measure would give a resounding "yes" answer to a May interest rate snip. Headline inflation eased to 1.3% in the March quarter - far below the lower bound of the RBA's 2%-3% target - that followed the December quarter's ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... inflation rate slowed to 1.0% in March from 1.2% in the previous month and 1.4% in January -expectations that headline inflation could turn temporarily negative in the coming months and the looming 7 May general elections in the United Kingdom leave ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... and Norway," the report said. The IMF has cautioned that monetary policy should not respond to the decline in headline inflation from the drop in oil prices. It says Australia's monetary policy assumptions are in line with market expectations. "Loosening ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Conditions Index (LMCI) advanced to a reading of 7.1 in December from 6.7 in the previous month. The annual headline inflation rate eased to 0.8% in December from 1.3% in the previous month. Core inflation slowed to 1.6% from 1.8% in November. Inflation ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... last week: "While the sharp fall in oil prices over recent months remains the dominant factor driving current headline inflation, the potential for second-round effects on wage and price-setting has increased and could adversely affect medium-term price ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... increased profits and ultimately, higher economic growth... with tame inflation. Case in point, America's annual headline inflation rate remained at a low 1.7% in September (the same as in August) due largely to a 0.7% month-on-month drop in energy prices ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... Investors are positioning, er, buying, ahead of Fed Chair Janet Jackson Hole address. US inflation data -- headline inflation slowed to an annual rate of 2.0% in July from 2.1% in June with the core rate steady at 1.9% -- and still "below potential" ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... guidance would be dovish or dovish-er. Can't fault Wall Street -- not when inflation's also in Goldilocksville. US headline inflation slowed to an annual rate of 2.0% in July from 2.1% in June with the core rate steady at 1.9%. Benign inflation is the ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... numbers, Super Mario might just have to make good on his promise. Eurostat reported that the region's annual headline inflation rate slowed to 0.4% in July from 0.5% in June and May. This is the slowest pace since the minus 0.13% rate in October 2009 ...