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It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... it pour, let it pour. Ok, you asked for it. There's also good inflation news out of the UK - it's cooling. Headline inflation eased to 2.2% last month - the slowest pace since November 2009 - from 2.5% in August. So did retail price inflation, down to ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... what China wants. This is sustainable growth. This is not the predicted hard landing China will have. Eurozone headline inflation eased to 2.7% in December from 3.0% in the previous month while core consumer prices remained unchanged at 1.6%. Good news ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... doing so. It could vote to lower interest rates. Inflationary pressures are easing. The September quarter's headline inflation rate might have been an uncomfortably high 3.5% but it's on the way down - evidenced by the 0.1% decline in November of the ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... greater. The prices paid component dropped 9 points to 59 in July. This component is a good leading indicator of headline inflation in the US and now indicates that inflation would be coming down - big time. Wasn't Big Benny talking about his worry over ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... to rear its ugly head? According to the April FOMC minutes, the Fed still believes that the recent rise in headline inflation is transitory. The recent drop in commodity prices gives credence to this view. There we have it. The Fed has spoken. We will ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Australia, Japan and other Brazil (I think) sent food prices spiralling higher. These would lead to higher headline inflation and threaten to spill over into core prices (those that exclude food and energy). Concern over inflation had even prompted the ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... broad-based inflationary pressures over the medium term." There he said it, the ECB is worried about the "I" word. Headline inflation had been running above the bank's 2.0 per cent target ceiling since December last year. It accelerated to 2.6 per cent ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... continues to fester has resurrected talks of "the BOE will raise interest rates very soon." Here are the stats. UK headline inflation quickened to 4.4 per cent in the year to Feb from an already double the BOE's target ceiling of 4.0 per cent in Jan. ...

1989 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... economy that's just getting back on its feet. We've already seen how rising energy prices (and food) have lifted headline inflation measures. And rising inflation brings forth higher interest rates. It might be for the wrong reason, but are predictions ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Have no fear, there's no inflation here. Last night's data on US consumer price inflation confirms this. US headline inflation rose by 1.6 per cent in the year to January. Core inflation was up by 1.0 per cent. Both are below the Fed's target! Just one ...