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This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... expected to rise by 10.2 per cent in the year to August following a 9.8 per cent increase in the previous month. Meanwhile, core PPI is forecast to increase to 3.7 per cent from 3.5 per cent in July. The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... standards. Expect housing to contribute negatively to US third quarter real GDP growth. On inflation, the US producer price index (PPI) increased by 1.2 percent in July with the core rate up by 0.7 percent. This is way above market expectations for increases ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... released last week - and also because of the recent fall in commodity prices, notably oil. Financial markets expect the headline PPI to rise by 0.5 percent in July, down from June's rise of 1.8 percent. Core PPI is forecast to remain steady with a rise ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... trimmed mean is forecast to rise by 1.1 percent over the quarter and by 4.2 percent over the year. Monday's lower-than-expected PPI report has put a downside bias on the CPI report but as history shows, movements in the PPI - up or down - do not necessary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... up," Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "That didn't make sense, but there was some very astute betting on the PPI coming in so we've paid the penalty for yesterday's exuberance. "There seems to be mixed recommendations from the big brokers ...

Quiet Market Activity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... lower-than-expected producer price reading for the second quarter renewed speculation for steady to lower interest rates. Australian PPI increased by 1 percent in the June quarter - below market expectations for a 1.6 percent rise. In annual terms, producer ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... percent, respectively. This is not as important for the Fed as the CPI report that will be released overnight. All the same, the PPI report underscores the Fed's concern about rising inflationary pressures. The Empire State manufacturing index shows ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... Nine's controversial worm seems to have stolen the limelight from economic aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been hijacked by endless "worm" and poll specualtion ...

Economic balancing act

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
Producer price index (PPI) data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday show an increase in producer prices of 1.0 per cent in the June quarter, slightly higher than the median forecast of 0.8 per cent and giving an annual increase ...

Inflation up but lower than expected

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... pain on exporters just as cheaper imports are restraining wholesale prices which is easing cost pressures for businesses. PPI data added to expectations that underlying inflation was not rising fast enough to warrent a rate hike from the RBA. Historically ...