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Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... 1.6 per cent in the year to August with the core Tokyo rate forecast to rise by 0.3 percent. Nationwide headline CPI inflation is expected to rise to 2.2 percent in July, up from 2 percent in the previous month. The national core rate (ex food and energy) ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... years and has driven down June mortgage approvals to a record low of 36,000 from 41,000 in May. In Germany, annual CPI inflation rose to a 12-year high of 3.4 percent in July. With Germany being the biggest economy in the Eurozone, it is more than likely ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... momentum in the housing market, inflationary pressures have been felt in the latest recording for the TD-MI monthly CPI inflation gauge. The TD-MI measure rose by 0.5 per cent to be up 3.5 per cent over the year which is slightly ahead of its last inflation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in China is now 2.7 per cent and below the government's upper limit of 3 per cent although a surge in investment and economic ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... between 4 and 7.7 per cent depending upon the stage of production have increased the likelihood of the national CPI inflation figure due tomorrow having an effect on the next RBA meeting of November 7. Whilst the increases represent increases to production ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... The flight away from riskier assets started in the middle of May following the release of higher-than-expected US CPI inflation in April. This prompted speculation that the US Federal Reserve would be force to raise interest rates again when the Federal ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... volatility increased last week as markets for bonds, equities and commodities sold off after higher-than-expected US CPI inflation data doused market expectations that the US Federal Reserve will give interest rate hikes a breather. Financial markets ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... (RBA) board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data showing that domestic consumer ...

Daily economic update

... for consumer goods in Germany. But the European Central Bank (ECB) would want to pre-empt any upward movement in CPI inflation by lifting rates anew. The ECB has already increased rates once this year to 2.5 per cent.

Weekly economic round-up

... February but retail spending and housing are down - kept markets wary over the outlook for interest rates. But with US CPI inflation coming in lower-than-expected in February, the balance of probabilities has tipped towards the view that the US Federal ...