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Fixed it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... accelerated in the June quarter - virtually removing scope for the RBA to cut interest rates some more. The annual headline inflation rate rose to the top of the RBA's 2%-3% target to 3.0% target in the June quarter from 2.9% previously while the trimmed ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... inflation "is evolving in line with the committee's expectations," as Janet told us only a week ago. Annual headline inflation steadied at 2.1% in June from May and core inflation eased to 1.9% from 2.0%. Smile! It's steady as the Fed goes... and wouldn't ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... it was in 1997, the decline in real wages is gathering pace. Real wages have turned negative one month after headline inflation turned positive back in June last year. This is not coincidental but a reflection of flat wages growth buying higher priced ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... good is that? That's the employment mandate of the RBNZ's dual mandate taken cared of... the other? "While headline inflation has been moderate, inflationary pressures are increasing and are expected to continue doing so over the next two years." Although ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... investment portfolios has been marked because of the duel effect of rising inflation. A surprise jump in the headline inflation rate from 2.2% to 2.7% in December means that investors holding cash in term deposits are seeing virtually no real increase ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... inflation remains above the BOE's 2.0% target given still below trend growth in the economy. The UK's annual headline inflation rate stood at 2.7% in September. UK inflation had been persistently running above the British central bank's target since ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... is low and/or dormant. This is not the case for India. Latest available data show that the country's annual headline inflation remained at double-digits - 10.75% in August from 10.85% in July. A cheaper currency, in this instance, only puts greater upward ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... policy is unable to keep pace. He's correct, there's no inflation to worry about right here, right now. US headline inflation eased to 1.1% in the year to April from 1.5% the month before. Core inflation slowed to 1.7% last month from 1.9% in March. ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... reporting good earnings. But just in case, easing inflation allows the Fed to raise the stakes if necessary. Headline inflation slowed to 1.5% in March from 2.0% the month before while the core rate decelerated from 2.0% to 1.9%. Wednesday: S&P 500 down ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... outlook to deteriorate, the pace of purchases could be increased". Slowing US inflation says that it can. Annual headline inflation eased to 1.5% in March from 2.0% in the previous month. The core rate slowed to 1.9% from 2.0% in February. But it may ...