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A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... until March 2017) in terms of size and duration... or both. This is because the region's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) has moved further away from its "price stability" target of "below, but close to 2.0%". Worse, the HICP - all items measure ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... of A£375 billion on 5 July 2012. Below target inflation - the annual growth in the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) hit zero percent in February and March and the annual core inflation rate slowed to 1.0% in March from 1.2% in the previous ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... downwards and the projection for 2015 has been revised upwards." You get the flow. And on inflation, the ECB staff projects HICP inflation of 0.5% in 2014, 0.7% in 2015 and 1.3% in 2016 - this incorporates already announced stimulative measures but not ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... ECB fears that although core consumer prices remain low at 1.0 per cent, "It is of paramount importance that the rise in HICP inflation does not lead to second-round effects in price and wage-setting behaviour and thereby give rise to broad-based inflationary ...
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