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Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... week. Many economists are already tipping that, with further deterioration in import prices set to push down headline inflation over months to come, it will remain just below the RBA's core inflation pain threshold of 0.7 per cent. This would suggest ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... it provided evidence that US interest rates could keep on rising. The latest CPI figures took the annual US headline inflation up to 3.5 per cent in April from 3.4 per cent in the previous month. Likewise, the annual rate of core inflation increased ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... some predicting an announcement of a 25 basis point rate hike today, citing recent inflation figures showing headline inflation right at the top of the central bank's 2-3 per cent target band and that high crude oil prices would continue to put upward ...

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... domestic inflation with the release of the Australian CPI report for the March quarter. Markets expect local headline inflation to rise by 0.8 per cent in the March quarter from 0.5 per cent in the previous three-month period, taking annual inflation ...

Daily economic update

... exceeding consensus prediction for a 0.2 per cent gain. The good news is that in spite of this, the annual headline inflation rate slowed to 3.4 per cent in the year to March from 3.6 per cent in the previous month and the core rate remained steady at ...

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... 0.1 per cent. Expectations were for a rise of 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per, cent respectively. Year-on-year, US headline inflation is up by 3.6 per cent, down from 4.0 per cent in January. Core CPI is up 2.1 per cent, unchanged from the previous month and ...

Daily economic update

... small rises of between 0.1 and 0.2 per cent but medical care increased by a stronger 0.5 per cent. Year/year US headline inflation is up by 3.6 per cent, down from 4.0 per cent in January. Core CPI is up 2.1 per cent, unchanged from the previous month ...

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... domestic stock market because of its positive implication for monetary policy. The modest increase in Australian headline inflation in the December quarter strengthens market expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... September - its steepest monthly rise since March 1980 - on the back of surging energy prices. Year-on-year, the headline inflation rate rose to 4.7 per cent - the highest in 14 years - from 3.6 per cent in August. However, the US CPI inflation report ...

Consumer inflationary expectations rise slightly in July: survey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2004
... Melbourne Institute said that despite the stronger than expected 0.9% rise in March quarter CPI, the annual headline inflation rate had been falling since the March quarter 2003.