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Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021

... at 2.2%. Then again, US inflation stats remain tame however it's measured. Data at the end of December 2020 shows headline CPI inflation at 1.3%; core CPI inflation at 1.6%; headline PCE price index at 1.3%; and, core PCE price index at 1.5%. While measured ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021

... inflation moderately above 2% for some time". Besides, all US inflation measures remain below the 2% target; annual headline CPI inflation was at 1.3% in December, core CPI inflation at 1.6%, the headline and core PCE price deflators stood at 1.1% and ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020

... Excluding these three components, the CPI would have risen 0.1 per cent in the June quarter." Similarly, while the annual headline CPI measure has fallen into deflation, core inflation measures remain positive - trimmed mean inflation slowed to 1.2% ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020

... 50). This would keep the Bank of Japan (BOJ) from achieving its 2% inflation target. Latest stats show that Japanese headline CPI inflation remained barely above zero (0.1%) in the year to May while core inflation lingered in deflation (-0.2%) over the ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020

... Australia's (RBA) self-congratulatory exclamation after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter - higher than market expectations for a 2.0% print, the fastest ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019

... economy, the yen's depreciation should help in the BOJ's efforts to bring inflation up to its 2% target. With headline CPI inflation at 0.2% (October) and core inflation at 0.4%, continued yen weakness would push import prices up and, in turn ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019

... January and September this year. The PBOC would have done a bit more were it not for accelerating consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation quickened to 3.8% in the year to October from 3% in September. This was much higher than market expectations for ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019

... by 0.2% in the June quarter, GDP grew by 0.4% in the month of July and 0.1% in August. While inflation has eased - headline CPI at 1.7% in the year to August; core at 1.5% - it remains closer to target compared with the ECB (0.9%), BOJ (0.3%) and the ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019

... 22nd straight month of decline since peaking at 44.6 in November 2017. Japan's biggest challenge is inflation. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.3% in the year to August from 0.4% in the previous month. Core CPI inflation eased to 0.5% from 0.6% ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019

... year to July from 12.5% in the previous month. Worse, inflation has moved further away from the 2% target - annual headline CPI slowed to 0.3% in August (from 0.5% in July) and core CPI weaker at 0.5% from 0.6%. Run, Kuroda, run... and run faster!

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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