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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... than market expectations for a 12.6% decline, driven by decreased imports from China (-9.9%) and the US (-5.1%). Malaysia CPI inflation The country's headline CPI inflation rate accelerated to 1.8% in the year to November from the previous month's 1.4% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... previous quarter. This should help support the European Central Bank's effort to raise consumer price inflation - headline CPI inflation up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI inflation unchanged at 0.8% in November from the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... economic expectations dropped by 5.2% in December from November while expectations over the next five years declined by 2.5%. US CPI inflation Higher energy prices are flowing through into US consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.7% ...

Tasplan launches lifecycle default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... drawdown phase. Before turning 49, members will have a 90% allocation to growth assets and 10% to defensive, with an objective of CPI +4% annually. After that, the portfolio changes to a 75/25 split, then 60/40 when the member turns 55, and finally 45/55 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... trillion in June 2014. Japan cash earnings Latest wages data suggest that the Bank of Japan's fight against deflation - headline CPI rate up 0.1% in the year to October; core rate down by 0.4% -- is far from over. Cash earnings of Japanese workers increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... accelerated to 2.1% from 2.0% while loans to governments grew by 10.6 in the year to October from 2.1% in the previous month. Japan CPI inflation After seven months of flat to negative reading, a 2.3% yoy jump in food prices pushed Japan's annual CPI ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... for the core measure coming in at 0.8% in the year to October, the same gains recorded in August and September. The headline CPI inflation rate accelerated slightly to 0.5% in October from 0.4% in the previous month and 0.2% in August. Japan retail sales ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... than market expectations for a 2.1% increase and the fastest annual growth rate since the June quarter of last year. Japan CPI inflation Headline CPI inflation increased by 0.2% in the month of September following a flat reading in the previous month. ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... update. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2016" report shows the annual headline CPI inflation rate accelerating to 1.3% in the third quarter from 1.0% in the June quarter and beating expectations for a ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
Australian states should each consider the establishment of a Social Housing Future Fund that would deliver returns of CPI plus 4.5%, and address the country's struggling public housing system. This is the thought of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia ...