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China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... the latest update on China's inflation. China Inflation November Dee Consensus Dee Actual CPI - Y/Y Change 1.50% 1.60% 1.60% PPI - Y/Y Change -5.90% -5.80% -5.90% China's CPI inflation accelerated to 1.6% in the year to December - in line with expectations ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... survey and data flow - weaker than expected employment and inflation and lately, lower than expected retail sales and negative PPI inflation and the Beige Book reporting only 3 of 12 districts depicting growth as "moderate" with two reporting slowing ...

NAB fined $40m over British bank failings

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... the size of the fine," she said. "We have been very clear about how firms should treat customers who may have been mis-sold PPI.A In ignoring documents it held which were relevant to its customers' complaints, Clydesdale failed to treat its customers ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation remained at a five-year low 1.6% and the PPI declined by 2.2% -- month 32 of year-on-year producer price deflation. Perhaps China's now enjoying the bad news is good news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... per cent in value to 3,855.09 points. The US Labor Department said its producer price index rose 0.8 per cent in June. The PPI index had climbed 0.5 per cent in May after two months of declines. China's finance minister meanwhile said he expects the ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... versus expectations of 675K expected. And oh, there was a US stat that came in lower than expected but... this was also good. PPI rose by 0.1% in Jan against expectations for a 0.4% increase. And oh, there's also "speculation" the Greece would be bailed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... going to happen in the near-term; (not) this year." The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases producer price index (PPI) data on Thursday, followed by consumer price index (CPI) figures on Wednesday next week. Mr Capurso did not expect the Australian ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... per cent in November, with the core measure rising by 0.5 per cent. Expectations are for a 0.8 per cent gain in the headline PPI and 0.2 per cent in the core rate. Using simple maths, you can derive that the outsized 1.8 per cent spike in the headline ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... by 1.2 per cent during the month. Also, US producer prices dropped by a worse-than-expected 0.6 per cent in September. Core PPI fell by 0.1 per cent. While this indicates that, unlike Australia, inflation in the US will remain subdued - and therefore ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Indications are emerging that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy ...