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Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... its core CPI (less VAT hike effect) slowing to 0.2% in January from 0.5% in the previous month. While Australia's core inflation remains decent at around 2.3%, the re-strengthening of the A$ -- and lower oil prices, and lower domestic demand, and ECB ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... 3.4% in the year to December - it has been falling since the consumption tax was lifted from 5% to 8% in April. Core inflation (adjusted for the tax increase) came in at 0.5% annual rate in December - less than expectations for a 0.6% gain and definitely ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... franc must remain the pillar of our monetary policy." Then there's the Bank of Japan surprise. It now predicts a core inflation rate of 1.0% in fiscal year 2016 starting 1 April - a big drop from its previous fingers-crossed forecast of 1.7% -- with ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... good... because what's not spent on energy and petrol are spent somewhere else. The question is, is it? America's core inflation rate has declined from 2.0% in May to 1.7% last month. The same with the UK's - core inflation had been running below 2.0% ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... volatile energy and food components of the headline measure accounted for much of the easing in inflation. The core inflation measure was more encouraging, up by 0.8% in the year to July from 0.8% in June and 0.7% in May. The good news is that the region's ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... expectations," as Janet told us only a week ago. Annual headline inflation steadied at 2.1% in June from May and core inflation eased to 1.9% from 2.0%. Smile! It's steady as the Fed goes... and wouldn't be in a rush to raise interest rates. Hip, hip... ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... that this is boosted by the consumption tax increase. Adjusting for the tax rise, the BOJ's own estimate shows core inflation easing to 1.4% in May from 1.5% in April. Still good - close to the government's 2.0% goal - but given still weak consumption ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... their aim to raise inflation to 2.0% -- the annual headline CPI inflation rate was clocked at 1.6% in March while core inflation increased by 1.3% -- this is due to the "front loading" of spending ahead of the increase in the consumption tax. This is ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... headline inflation running at 1.6% rate (Q4 2013), up from a 14-year low of 0.7% only two quarters prior. Similarly, core inflation has sped up to a 1.7% pace in December from 1.0% in the March and June quarters of the same year. Is there more to come? ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... price inflation slowed to 1.2% in September - the slowest since April - from 1.5% in the previous month. So too is core inflation. It eased to 1.7% from 1.8% in August. And we're not even factoring in the likely disruption at the other side of the New ...

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