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Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... said. On the local economy Stammer forecasted a "reasonable" outlook with GDP growth of 2.75% for the year and core inflation at 2%. Much of the economic growth looks set to come from infrastructure spending, housing construction and a boost to exports ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further." Australia is already there. Core inflation is within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2%-3% target band. The trimmed mean inflation measure is up 2.1% in the ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... below the 2.0% target inflation rate -- the PCE price index (the Fed's favoured inflation measure). The annual core inflation rate eased to 1.28% in October from 1.33% in the previous month; while the headline rate accelerated, it's still closer to zero ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... quarter (after a strong 0.7% December quarter pace when the cap was still in place) - and inflation - the annual core inflation rate was at 0.6% in October (the 8th straight month of falling prices). This is hardly surprising for an economy where exports ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... April 2016) down from 1.7% it predicted only last July and by 1.4% in FY2016 (down from 1.5%). The BOE now sees core inflation (all items less food) of 0.1% in FY2015 (down from 0.7% predicted last July) and 1.4% in FY2016 (down from 1.7%). There's a ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... prices. Then again, it appears that the weakness in the headline price pressures is filtering through into the core inflation rate (0% in September). Expect more policy stimulus - monetary or otherwise - or extra arrows or perhaps... a new archer?

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... confidence and consumption and then inflation. Inflation says no. Annual headline inflation was only 0.2% in July; core inflation's stuck at 1.8%, producer prices have been in deflation over the past seven straight months to minus 0.8% in August; import ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... previous months back then, topped by November's plus 7 reading. The LMCI's positive and lagged correlation with core inflation give credence to arguments that US inflation would remain below the Fed's target for a little while still - and this, even ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... 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 bank's reserve requirement ratio (RRR) ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... 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. The bottomline: The ECB sent a clear signal of its commitment to ...