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Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... low-flation. This was before recent "data" - the one a lift-off is dependent on - showed that both headline and core inflation came in lower than market expectations. Annual core inflation steadied at 1.8% in July and headline inflation's up just 0.2% ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... at the start of the year. Gov Glenn's ruminations are also supported by the just-released CPI inflation numbers. Core inflation has, more or less, remained around the mid-point of the RBA's target band since 2012. An economy operating below-trend growth ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... central banks in Australia, Canada and Norway eased "as inflation declined along with commodity prices, even though core inflation remained close to target. They also faced the prospect of weaker economic activity as commodity-producing sectors were ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... of year-on-year declines. With growth stats like these, it's not surprising that inflation remains at a crawl. Core inflation ex the sales tax impact increased to 0.2% in March from 0 in the previous month. The more than doubling in JGB yields from this ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... rates at the next one - on the fifth of the fifth month of 2015. The release of higher-than-expected March quarter core inflation - trimmed mean up 2.3%; weighted median up 2.4% -- in the middle of last month reduced the odds to a coin flip (50/50). ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... growth in the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) hit zero percent in February and March and the annual core inflation rate slowed to 1.0% in March from 1.2% in the previous month and 1.4% in January -expectations that headline inflation could ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... with 'the institutions' four days and counting (24 April) equals Grexit equals contagion equals bad. US annual core inflation rate accelerated to 1.8% in March from 1.7% in February from 1.6% in January and December equals more Fed impatience equals ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... in line with market expectations. "Loosening is called for if the effect of lower oil prices is transmitted to core inflation or inflation expectations. To date, moderating prices are apparent only in narrow categories of the consumer basket. However ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... providing lesser bang. Slowing economic activity would make the BOJ's 2% inflation target that much harder to achieve. Core inflation (excluding the sales tax effect) eased to 0.2% in January from 0.5% in December. More QE... please? Not for the ECB. ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... the previous month. The annual headline inflation rate eased to 0.8% in December from 1.3% in the previous month. Core inflation slowed to 1.6% from 1.8% in November. Inflation expectation (as measured by the difference between the yield on 10-year US ...