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It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... about right here, right now. US headline inflation eased to 1.1% in the year to April from 1.5% the month before. Core inflation slowed to 1.7% last month from 1.9% in March. As to worries about future inflation, I've been proved wrong worrying about ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... claimed), whether the Reserve Bank or Australia cut interest rates next month -- because the latest CPI data shows core inflation remained in the middle of is 2%-3% target band in the September quarter - or not - because underlying inflation accelerated ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... from 2.5% in August. So did retail price inflation, down to 2.6% in September from 2.9% on the previous month. Core inflation remained at 2.1% last month. This should give the Bank of England breathing space if and when it decides to follow the Fed ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... economies could prevent the rising price of foodstuffs into measured inflation. Not to mention, policymakers look at core inflation anyways - inflation excluding food and energy. Still, this could erode the margins of food companies - there goes hiring ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... nation has to pay being 15% above budget forecasts due to geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Nonetheless, core inflation in Indonesia this year is down to 4.25%, almost half what it was two years ago notwithstanding it's expected to climb back ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... prices attests to this. The annual pace of inflation slowed to 2.2% in December from 2.4% in the previous month. Core inflation remained at an easy 2.2%. Yes Virginia, the key has been wound, and perhaps, the RBA doesn't want to disappoint the markets ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... Headline consumer price inflation fell by 0.2% in the year to December after dropping by 0.5% in the previous month. Core inflation - excluding food and energy - decreased by 1.1% over the same period and, save for four months of positive price rises ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... better than the unchanged reading markets' expected - taking the annual rate down to 3.5% from 3.9% in September. Core inflation rose by a mere 0.1% -- as expected and at par with September as this year's tiniest increase. The annual rate peeped up slightly ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... required to avert a damaging round of contraction." That may be so, but it was yesterday's better-than-expected core inflation print that has virtually assured his prediction becomes reality - maybe. Australian headline CPI inflation eased to 0.6% in ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... emphasised this in his speech last night. "With significant slack in labor markets, stable inflation expectations, and core inflation well below our longer run target, there is currently no reason to slow the economy down with tighter monetary policy." ...