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Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... an increase of 1.2% in the December 2018 survey. Low and way below target inflation remains the BOJ's bugbear. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.7% in the year to May (from 0.9% in April) and core inflation eased to 0.8% (from 0.9%). The decline ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... the "hot spots" where modern-day slavery is rife. Retail is another troublesome sector because wages have not kept pace with CPI, he told a recent media briefing. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 was passed in 29 November 2018 and came into force on 1 January ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... September last year - the country's inflation rate had been decelerating further away from its 1%-3% target. Headline CPI inflation eased to 1.5% in the year to the March quarter from 1.9% in the previous period. Core CPI inflation steadied at 1.5%. ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... underlying pattern of relatively strong household consumption growth but weak business investment has persisted" and "Core CPI inflation was 1.7% in May, and core services CPI inflation has remained slightly below levels consistent with meeting the inflation ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... since the BOJ met in April have improved but not enough and still way below the BOJ's 2% inflation target. The headline CPI inflation nearly doubled to 0.9% in the year to April from 0.5% in March; core inflation (excluding fresh food) inched up ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... time", saying: "That's something that central banks face all over the world." True that. The chart below shows latest core CPI inflation measures among the world's major economies remain below their stated 2.0% targets. While US core US CPI inflation ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... by 1.3% for couples at both the comfortable and modest levels, in line with overall movement in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which was mainly driven by the drought and associated increases in production costs. The price of vegetables (7.7%), poultry ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... important for the inflation outlook." It has also become more crucial especially given the latest inflation reads - headline CPI eased to an annual rate of 1.3% in the March quarter from 1.8%; the trimmed mean measure down to 1.6% from 1.8%; the weighted ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... important for the inflation outlook." This has become more crucial especially given the latest inflation reads - headline CPI eased to an annual rate of 1.3% in the March quarter from 1.8%; the trimmed mean measure down to 1.6% from 1.8%; the weighted ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... slowdown in overseas economies for the time being." "Although the year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI) has continued to show relatively weak developments compared to the economic expansion and the labor market tightening, it ...