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Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... August last year but, at 1.6% in February, remains below target. Because of its strong positive correlation with the CPI measure of inflation, chances are the PCE price index will reflect the gentle upward trend in consumer prices when the March update ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... 0.5% in the previous - resulting in a slight increase in the year-on-year rate to 2.2% from 2.1%. Similarly, the core CPI measure eased to a monthly rate of 0.2% in February from 0.3% in January, resulting in a steady annual rate of 1.8%. Note that the ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Say what? That'll be any rational investor's reaction when you tell him about Wall Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... response by the US Federal Reserve but given current indications... perhaps, not yet. Although it tracks the core CPI measure's direction, the core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remains below (1.5% in the year to November) ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... instance, plugging in the September headline CPI inflation (1.5% in the September quarter) instead of the trimmed mean CPI measure, gives us an equilibrium i of 1.75%. And there, ladies and gents, is our 25 bps interest rate cut today. Just like the ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Jobs"? The good news on top of the good news is that UK inflation remains well-behaved. The annual harmonised headline CPI measure eased to 1.85% in January from 2.0% in the previous month and the core rate slipped to 1.63% from 1.7%. This allows the ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... is forecast to rise to 4.2 percent in the year to the June quarter from 4.1 percent, while the RBA Weighted Median CPI measure is expected to remain at 4.2 percent. The CPI report, out on Wednesday, will outshadow Monday's release of Australian producer ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... annual rate of increase in the core CPI was more behaved, rising by 2.4 percent from 2.3 percent in April. The core CPI measure reached a cyclical peak of 2.9 percent back in September 2006. The Fed remains stuck between a rock and a hard place. News ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... fuel, retail spending increased by 0.6 per cent. Since most other retailer groups posted gains in September, the core CPI measure due on Tuesday is expected to post a rise as a result to show that consumer demand remains buoyant beyond what has happened ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... monetary policy. Speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates at its June meeting heightened despite the headline CPI measure's slowing to 0.4 per cent in May - in line with market expectations - from 0.6 per cent in the previous month. Not only ...
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