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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... 7.6% jump in TAS and a 4.7% rise SA. NSW, VIC, QLD and WA recorded increases of 3.1%, 1.6%, 1.5% and 2.0%, respectively. US CPI inflation US headline CPI inflation increased by 0.3% in the month of September following a 0.2% rise in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... the employment level rose by 2.3 points to a reading of +9.4 while the average workweek surge by 14.5 points to +4.7. China CPI inflation A 3.2% increase in food prices largely contributed to China's fastest inflation rate in three months. Headline inflation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... this year. As with retail sales, slow wage growth and persistent deflation continue to discourage household spending. Japan CPI inflation The rate of decline in overall Japanese consumer prices quickened to minus 0.5% in the year to August following ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... commits itself to expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed consumer price index (CPI) exceeds the price stability target of 2 percent and stays above the target in a stable manner." (BOJ) Innovative? Most definitely. ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... But you can also allocate in to smart or alternative beta, risk parity, CTAs or managed futures funds. These managers have CPI+ return objectives and align quite closely with the objectives for our members. They are liquid and have a low beta to equity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... inflation rate - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remained stuck at 1.6%, where it had been since March this year. Japan CPI inflation Deflation still rules in Japan. Headline consumer prices fell by 0.4% in the year to July, the same rate in May ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... also posted by the coincident index (111.1 in June from 109.2 in May) and the lagging index (112.7 from 111.5). Malaysian CPI inflation Easing food prices and falling transport costs sent Malaysia's consumer price inflation rate down to 1.1% in the year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... increased by 1.6% in July compared with the same month last year, easing from the 2.1% year-on-year growth rate in June. US CPI inflation Total consumer prices posted no increase in the month of July following gains of 0.2% each in the months of May ...

Schroders joins exchange-quoted managed fund game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... version of one of its managed funds. The Schroder Real Return Fund (Managed Fund) is based on the firm's successful Real Return CPI Plus 5% fund - which at 31 July 2016 had delivered a 6.4% p.a. return after fees to investors since inception in October ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... the longer-term trend shows continued weakening in consumer inflation expectations, reflecting the easing in the official CPI inflation stats. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 1.00% in the June quarter (from 1.30% in the March quarter; the trimmed mean ...