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RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... lowest level since September 2013 to 45.9 in July from 53.1 in June. Moreover, the rupee's appreciation vis-a-vis the US dollar - up 6.6% this year to date - would compound the country's slowing growth and low inflation dynamics.

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... - it contributed 0.48 percentage points to growth, thanks to strengthening global growth and, of course, the weaker US dollar. Okay, okay. These still all relate to economic growth past. Low inflation - that current bugbear of many world central banks ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... currencies". All good. But these are June quarter numbers. This year to date, the Australian dollar is 10% higher than the US dollar and 6.1% up on the trade weighted index. If this persists, it would pressure import prices down. This would have negative ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... reversed the Australian dollar's direction, sending it back up above US$0.80 overnight. The Fed's change of tone sent the US dollar index to its lowest level in 14 months that, in turn, is boosting commodity prices - the Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... rising inflation in the future. However, just as the US experience shows, the promise of rate hikes this year sent the US dollar rising that, after a lag, has renewed downward pressure on inflation. The Canadian dollar's appreciation since the rate hike ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... appreciation would, in itself, slow the domestic economy's growth and inflation momentum - the reverse of what the recent US dollar depreciation would do for the US. The slowdown would be compounded as economic agents adjust their consumption and investment ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... certain dynamics that would return fundamentals to equilibrium. Recent indications are that the sharp appreciation in the US dollar in the second half of last year - on rate hike expectations - may have weakened the growth momentum in the US economy ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... month to US$3.05 trillion in May - the Chinese currency and the stock market. The onshore yuan exchange rate to the US dollar has appreciated by 2.2% this year to date while the offshore yuan exchange rate has gained 2.4, with both trading at CNY6.80 ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... (63.5 in June from 59.5 in the previous month); production (62.4 from 57.1); new export orders (59.5 from 57.5) - the US dollar's recent weakness should give this added strength going forward; and contracting inventories (down to 49.0 from 51.5) - suggesting ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... June 2016. Sterling depreciated against its major currency counterparts after the elections: it fell by 1.6% versus the US dollar; it went down by 1.3% against the euro and by 1.1% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen. It wasn't all bad news though. The FTSE 100 ...