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Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... deterioration in import prices set to push down headline inflation over months to come, it will remain just below the RBA's core inflation pain threshold of 0.7 per cent. This would suggest an optimistic view that, despite much speculation to the contrary ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... Fed's latest meeting showed policy-makers saw both greater risks of slower economic growth and uncertainty that core inflation would recede. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 89.23 points to 12,484.62, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 9.52 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... Electric Co declined, along with retailers, banks and transport companies. Bernanke told Congress overnight that core inflation, excluding more volatile food and energy costs, remained "uncomfortably high," dispelling expectations of a rate cut any time ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... venture something of the order of $1 billion. Some optimism has come from figures released about the US economy where core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, fell to 2.6 per cent in November from 2.7 per cent in October. The core CPI figure ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

... Putnam's director of retail business in Australia. "The US housing slowdown is no more severe than in past cycles; core inflation, excluding energy and housing, is still high; and several Fed governors have warned that inflationary pressures remain worrisome." ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... US Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rate steady for the fifth consecutive month. The Fed believes core inflation rates had been elevated but it is projecting that it will ease on the recent decline in energy prices, inflation expectations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
... bank may be close to ending two years of interest rate hikes. Bernanke told the US Senate Banking Committee he saw core inflation moderating in the approaching quarters. Strong earnings from banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2006
... inflation and higher interest rates. Federal Reserve policy-making committee member Jack Guynn said he thought core inflation has at least reached the upper end of the range with which he is comfortable. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 11.40 points ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... meeting. At the same time, it raised speculation of a follow-up Fed rate hike in August. The 0.3 per cent increase in core inflation in May marked the third straight month that this measure came in above market expectations. The May figure also took ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... straight month that the measure came in above market expectations. The latest figure took the latest three-month core inflation rate to 3.6 per cent -- its highest level since April 1995. This is important because the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben ...