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Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... BOC is not taking chances despite slowing inflation - headline CPI inflation eased to 1.3% in May from 1.6% in April; core CPI inflation eased to 0.9% from 1.1%. Besides, "the factors behind soft inflation appear to be mostly temporary, including heightened ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by both Oxford Economics (4.5%) the OECD (4.9%). But instead of lifting, US core CPI inflation eased to 1.7% in May from 2.3% in January (unemployment rate at 4.8%) and the core PCE price index - the Fed's ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... Japan. But similar to the Eurozone inflation remains low - headline CPI inflation was at 0.3% in the year to February; core CPI at 0.2%.

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... 2.5% in the previous month. Core inflation eased to 2.2% from 2.3% but remains above the Fed's 2.0% target. Note that core CPI inflation had been closely tracking the Fed's favoured inflation gauge - the core PCE price index - in recent times (up 1.7% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Bank's effort to raise consumer price inflation - headline CPI inflation up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI inflation unchanged at 0.8% in November from the previous month. Wages and salaries per hour worked went up by 1.6% in Q3 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... (+1.1%). These were offset by declines in the costs of heating oil (-12.7%), gas (-5.6%) and fuels for transport (-2.4%). Core CPI inflation increased by 0.8% in the year to September, unchanged from 0.8% in the previous month but slower than July's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... straight month of fall and the fifth over the past six months. Persistent deflation in the country - both headline and core CPI inflation measures down by 0.3% in April - consumers would not be in a rush to boost spending on expectations that prices ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... is back. Headline consumer prices declined by 0.1 percent in the year to March following a 0.3% increase in February. Core CPI inflation - ex food - fell by 0.3% over the same period after recording no growth in the previous two months. (this is the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... is back. Headline consumer prices declined by 0.1 percent in the year to March following a 0.3% increase in February. Core CPI inflation - ex food - fell by 0.3% over the same period after recording no growth in the previous two months. Core-core CPI ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... Latest stats attest to this. Headline CPI inflation eased to 0.2% in the year to December from 0.3% in the previous month; core CPI inflation (ex-food) remained unchanged at 0.1%; core-core CPI inflation (ex-food and energy) slowed to 0.8% from 0.9% ...