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Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... by only 5% compared with 16.1% in the year to October. Factoring energy (and food) out of the calculation (and food), core CPI inflation increased by 2.2% in the year to November that, based on Factset's time series data, is the fourth straight month ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... stringent... they're making a mistake and it's not right" given continued tame inflation and inflation expectations. Core CPI inflation was unchanged at 2.2% in the year to September, inflation expectations - based on the yield differential between ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... negative 0.2% in real terms (from negative 0.1% in May) when measured against the headline CPI and 0.4% (from 0.5%) less the core CPI measure. The good news is that Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... negative 0.2% in real terms (from negative 0.1% in May) when measured against the headline CPI and 0.4% (from 0.5%) less the core CPI measure. The good news is that Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... slowed to 2.4% in the year to April from the six-year high of 3.0% recorded at the beginning of 2018. More important, the core CPI inflation rate has dropped to the BOE's target rate of 2% in April, the third straight month of deceleration from January's ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... from 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 ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... up from 0.2% in December to a higher-than expected 0.3% in January. Perhaps it was the fact that both the headline and core CPI measures remained steady when measured in year over year terms -- 2.1% and 1.8%, respectively. However, this doesn't explain ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... that: "The central forecast is for CPI inflation to be a bit above 2% in 2018," it also acknowledged both headline and core CPI continue to run below target and "likely to remain low for some time, reflecting low growth in labour costs and strong competition ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... would gain further impetus if the latest upward trend in core consumer price inflation gathers pace. The annual rate in core CPI accelerated to 1.8% in the year to December from 1.7% in the previous month. This is because continued price increases would ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... Economic Activity and Prices" update (released after the conclusion of its 19-20 July meeting), the BOJ lowered its FY17/18 core CPI projection to 1.1% (from 1.4% forecast in April 2017) while at the same time slashing FY18/19 and FY19/20 predictions ...