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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... the previous month. This is in line with market expectations but represent the steady climb since July (0.8%). Core inflation was unchanged at 2.1% in November from October, down from September's 2.2% annual rate and August's 2.3%. Persistent US dollar ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... the highest since October 2014 - from 0.9% in the previous month and higher than expectations for a 1.1% rise. Core inflation accelerated to 1.2% in the year to November from 1.2% in the previous month and higher than expectations for a 1.3% rise. Retail ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... 0.1% in October from minus 0.5% in September and better than expectations for 0.4% decline. However, the annual core inflation rate - excluding fresh food - remained stuck in the negative for the eight month running, minus 0.4% in October from minus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... previous month. However, the annual rate remained negative (down by 0.5%) for the seventh straight month in September. Core inflation - excluding energy -- posted a similar seventh straight month of annual decline, down by 0.5% in the year to September ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... consensus expectations; The weighted median slowed to 1.3% from 1.5% in the June quarter. The average of these two core inflation gauges (1.5%) is bang on the RBA's 2016 forecast in its August Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP). No one wants to be caught ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... since October 2014 - from 1.1% in August, driven by a 2.9% surge in energy. But when energy and food are excluded, core inflation only picked slowed to 0.1% over the month from 0.3% in August and was lower than expectations for a 0.2% gain. Similarly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... since April 2013 and marks the sixth consecutive month of declining headline consumer prices. The annual rate of core inflation - excluding fresh food - remained unchanged at minus 0.5% in August. Except for 0% growth rates recorded in November and December ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... 0.5% in July from minus 0.4% in the previous month. Even the BOJ's "cheat" inflation measure - the so-called core-core inflation rate (which excludes food and energy) - slowed to plus 0.3% from 0.4% in June. The BOJ and the Abe government need to do ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... 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 US industrial output expanded the most since November 2014, rising ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... a positive 0.3% in June from -0.1% in May for its sharpest increase since December 2014. Similarly, the annual core inflation rate - excluding food and energy - quickened to 1.3% from 1.2% in May. Singapore GDP Singapore economic growth accelerated to ...