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Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... since the BOJ met in April have improved but not enough and still way below the BOJ's 2% inflation target. The headline CPI inflation nearly doubled to 0.9% in the year to April from 0.5% in March; core inflation (excluding fresh food) inched up ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... time", saying: "That's something that central banks face all over the world." True that. The chart below shows latest core CPI inflation measures among the world's major economies remain below their stated 2.0% targets. While US core US CPI inflation ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... by 1.3% for couples at both the comfortable and modest levels, in line with overall movement in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which was mainly driven by the drought and associated increases in production costs. The price of vegetables (7.7%), poultry ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... important for the inflation outlook." It has also become more crucial especially given the latest inflation reads - headline CPI eased to an annual rate of 1.3% in the March quarter from 1.8%; the trimmed mean measure down to 1.6% from 1.8%; the weighted ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... important for the inflation outlook." This has become more crucial especially given the latest inflation reads - headline CPI eased to an annual rate of 1.3% in the March quarter from 1.8%; the trimmed mean measure down to 1.6% from 1.8%; the weighted ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... slowdown in overseas economies for the time being." "Although the year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI) has continued to show relatively weak developments compared to the economic expansion and the labor market tightening, it ...

Social infra to become core investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... learning assets hold long-term value as they typically have long term triple net leases where the rental income is linked to CPI, he said. There is also a land component underpinning the investment, providing the opportunity for capital growth. "This ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... stronger than market expectations for a 1.1% gain. Spring looks to have sprung for inflation too. The flash estimate of headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.7% in the year to April from 1.4% in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Britain's unemployment rate (3.9% in February) is at 45-year lows but inflation is closer to the 2% target (both headline and core CPI inflation stood at 1.9% in the year to March). Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 3% this ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... virtually at these levels when the RBA last cut the official cash rate (from 1.75% to 1.50%) in August 2016. The June quarter CPI figures (available pre-RBA 2016 rate cut) were: headline at 1%; trimmed mean at 1.7% and weighted median at 1.3%. The one ...

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Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |   12:48PM
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant performance for growth stocks. What's next?

Aware Super appoints general manager, strategy and transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |   12:35PM
The $175 billion superannuation fund has recruited from Deloitte for the newly created role.

Jinding funds management division spun off

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:30PM
The funds management division of Australian property group Jinding has launched as its own entity.

CFA Society Australia launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:29PM
CFA Society Australia has been launched following the amalgamation of three local CFA Societies.

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