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More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... that depresses national output. As well, a stronger yen puts more downward pressure on inflation. Japanese headline CPI inflation was clocked at 0.2% (year-on-year) in December. Core inflation was at 0.1%. BOJ target, 2.0%. The continued weakness in ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... fundamentals were asking for more stimulus - in whatever size, shape or form. Latest stats attest to this. Headline CPI inflation eased to 0.2% in the year to December from 0.3% in the previous month; core CPI inflation (ex-food) remained unchanged at ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... low-flation China, the latest update on Australian consumer prices shows that inflation here is under control. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to an annual rate of 1.7% in the December quarter from 1.5% in the previous three-month period. This is ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... November Dee Consensus Dee Actual CPI - Y/Y Change 1.50% 1.60% 1.60% PPI - Y/Y Change -5.90% -5.80% -5.90% China's CPI inflation accelerated to 1.6% in the year to December - in line with expectations - from 1.5% in the previous month. This takes China's ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... exchange rate is unhelpful and further depreciation would be appropriate in order to support sustainable growth." "CPI inflation is below the 1 to 3 percent target range, mainly due to the earlier strength in the New Zealand dollar and the 65 percent ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... but remain within its 2%-3% target and certainly still ways off from the threat of deflation. Even the headline CPI inflation is up 1.5% despite the sharp drop in energy prices - you know, the one the BOJ, the ECB and the BOE blame for the "transitory" ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... out of the stats - has become low-flation, that turned to no-flation and is now back to deflation. Annual headline CPI inflation was recorded at minus 0.1% in September, unchanged from August. To be sure and as the BOJ claims, this is due to the decline ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... Changing some or all the inputs/assumptions, of course, changes the i. For instance, plugging in the September headline CPI inflation (1.5% in the September quarter) instead of the trimmed mean CPI measure, gives us an equilibrium i of 1.75%. And there ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... from 6% in October 2014 to 4.6% last month. With inflation far below its 2015 inflation target of 4.0% -- headline CPI inflation rate was 1.6% in July; core inflation at 1.7% -- it could cut some more. And certainly, there's still more room to reduce ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... swing and before the financial market ructions -- from 0.4% in the previous three-month period. Annual deadline CPI inflation has remained stuck at 0.2% in June, July and August and core inflation's unchanged at 1.0% in August from the previous month. ...