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Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019

... core US CPI inflation is at target (2.1% in the year to April), it's preferred inflation gauge - the headline PCE price index is way off-target (1.5% in March) and had been below 2% since November 2018. It's a royal rightful challenge for global ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019

... the growth stakes. What's not good is inflation. The Fed's favoured measure of inflation - the headline PCE price index - has eased to just 1.5% in the year to April, down from 1.8% in 2017 and 2018. This is perhaps, what the overnight dive in ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019

... low unemployment rate (3.8% in March which is a point above a 49-year low) and low inflation - headline and core PCE price index below target at 1.5% and 1.6% in the year to March, respectively. In his Q&A, chair Powell stressed the decision to trim ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019

... 2019 quarter, not to mention the unemployment rate that remains at near-49 year lows. There was also the headline PCE price index - the Fed's preferred measure of inflation - that increased by 1.5% in the year to March (an improvement from the 1.3% ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019

... 2012." Which inflation measure? The Fed's target is based on the annual change in the overall, or "headline," PCE price index. As Bullard wrote in a 2012 Regional Economist article: "The FOMC will target the headline inflation rate as opposed to ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019

... expected annualised growth rate and accelerating year-on-year GDP growth measure, inflation remains tame. The PCE price index remains below the Fed's 2% target - annualised, the headline PCE price index slowed to 1.5% from 1.6% and the core picked ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019

... increase in the participation rate to 63.1% from 62.9%. On inflation, the Fed's favoured inflation measure - the core PCE price index - stood at 1.9% in the year to November whereas the core CPI inflation stood at 2.2% over the same month. The positive ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018

... a policy mistake. More so, because gangbusting growth has not produced an equivalent surge in inflation - the PCE price index (headline and core) remained at around 2% in the year to September. More pertinent, inflation expectations have come down... ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018

... persistently strong and unquestionably above-potential growth in the US economy, inflation as measured by the PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation gauge - has yet to accelerate. On the contrary, the GDP report shows that inflation has instead ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018

... target). Speaking of which, consensus expectations on the Fed's preferred measure of inflation - the core PCE price index - is for an easing to 1.8% in the September quarter from 2.1% in the June quarter. These suggest that the Fed's previous ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO

Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO

Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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