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Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... 0.7 per cent in December, up by only 0.1 per cent from a year ago - the smallest year-on-year gain since 1954. Core inflation too is on the way down, easing to 1.8 per cent in the year to December 2008 from 2 per cent in the previous month. Inflation ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... - after a flat September reading. This took the annual rate of inflation down to 3.9 per cent from 4.9 percent. Core inflation eased to 2.2 per cent in the year to October from 2.5 per cent in the previous month. Given the contraction in most major world ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... latest figure takes the annual headline inflation rate down to 4.9 per cent from 5.4 per cent in August. Annual core inflation remained at 2.5 per cent. While core inflation remains above the Fed's 2 per cent comfort zone, slowing domestic and global ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... cent jump in July. This will take the annual headline inflation rate down to 5.5 per cent from 5.6 per cent. But core inflation is expected to remain sticky and come in at an annual rate of 2.6 per cent in August from 2.5 per cent in July. Japan: The ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... expected to increase to 1.9 percent in the 12 months to June, up from 1.3 percent in the previous month. National core inflation is forecast to rise to 0 (zero) percent, year-on-year, from -0.1 percent previously. That is correct, the year-on-year growth ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... May sent US headline inflation up above market expectations. US headline CPI rose by 1.1 percent in May with the core inflation rate (ex-food and energy) up by 0.3 percent. Markets expected the headline rate to increase by 0.6 percent and the core by ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... headline CPI is expected to climb by 0.7 percent in May after a 0.6 percent rise in the previous month. Growth in core inflation is expected to remain steady at 0.2 percent. If these predictions are correct, the annual rate of increase in headline inflation ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... over the US heading for 1970s-style stagflation. Strong commodities and food prices have caused the Fed to upgrade core inflation forecasts for 2008 from 1.7 per cent-2.0 per cent to 1.9 per cent-2.3 per cent. Meantime, growth forecasts were also downgraded ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... Headline consumer price inflation moved higher in September and October as energy prices increased significantly; core inflation also rose but remained moderate." And if that isn't bad enough, the minutes went on to describe 50 per cent cumulative falls ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... morning's Statement on Monetary Policy the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its inflation forecasts for 2007/08, with core inflation set to remain above or near the top end of the RBA's 2 - 3 per cent target band until the end of 2009. The RBA expects ...