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Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... prices. This echoed his next-door neighbour's - the European Central Bank - view that the recent resurgence in headline inflation is due to higher energy and food prices which are expected to ease later this year. Reports that inflation in China rose ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... inflation is stronger demand. Sure inflation is rising but is not at levels that should cause concern. The OECD headline inflation measure was at 1.8 per cent in November - far below the 4.94 peak hit in July 2008. And core inflation? It was last seen ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... yet. All measures of inflation remained below the RBA's trigger point... in the third quarter at least. Annual headline inflation was at 2.8 per cent in the September quarter, down from 3.1 per cent in June. The central bank's trimmed mean and weighted ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... punt loving Australians enough to bet on next week - the Fed's QE2, the RBA and the horses. Consensus is for a headline inflation growth of 0.8 per cent in the third quarter for an annual inflation rate of 2.9 per cent while the annual rate of core inflation ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... that the headline measure increased by 0.6 per cent in the June quarter from 0.9 per cent in the first. Annual headline inflation rose by 3.1 per cent in June, up from 2.9 per cent in the March quarter - less than the expected 3.4 per cent increase. ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... dwelling prices have risen significantly over the past year." But this is putting pressure on prices. Annual headline inflation nearly doubled from 1.3 per cent in Q3 2009 to 2.1 per cent in Q4. More worrying, the RBA's measures of core inflation - trimmed ...

Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... course, like today, Australia was affected. Our real GDP contracted by 0.93 per cent in the last quarter of 2000. Headline inflation fell from 6.1 per cent to 5.8 per cent - the core rate slowed to 2.4 from 2.7 percent. Official interest rates were at ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... negative implications for jobs going forward. They will cite last night's 0.4 per cent year-on-year fall in US headline inflation in March and how deflation - if it persists - would bring about a new set of problems. All valid arguments, I agree. But ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... prices also came in lower than markets expected, rising by only 0.1 per cent. The latest figure takes the annual headline inflation rate down to 4.9 per cent from 5.4 per cent in August. Annual core inflation remained at 2.5 per cent. While core inflation ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... month. Slowing domestic growth and the recent decline in commodity prices are expected to ease pressure on headline inflation. US headline CPI is forecast to fall by 0.1 per cent in August after a 0.8 per cent jump in July. This will take the annual ...