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Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... his mind. Scratch that, Trump always changes his mind. So nah. The other good news for moi is the one that showed US inflation remains contained. The latest update shows that headline inflation eased to an annual rate of 2.2% in November of 2018 from ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... spread - the one that precedes recession) appears to fit more with the definition of aggressive. How aggressive? US inflation expectations - derived from the differential between US nominal bond yields and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... soon either because of tamed inflation expectations. Higher inflation expectations beget higher actual inflation. US inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... It was easy to dismiss his ranting then. But Trump's recent outburst has been straight away vindicated by the US inflation report released last night. America's annual headline inflation rate slowed to 2.3% in September from 2.7% in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Treasuries has now steepened to 0.4% from a 0.2% less than two months back. Likewise, for all the talk over surging US inflation, inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... safe haven purchases of US Treasuries - due to trade concerns, emerging market concerns and higher than expected US inflation in the near term (because of tight labour market) that could prompt a more aggressive Fed - and indeed, it looks safer further ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
Houston, we're on target. The US Income and Outlays account released last Friday showed that US inflation as measured by the US Federal Reserve's favoured gauge - the core PCE price index - is now smack bang where the Fed wants it, rising by ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... news is that these strong improvements in overall growth and the labour market would bring only a gentle lift in US inflation to slightly above the Fed's 2.0% inflation target. The latest Fed projections show the core inflation rate unchanged at 1.9% ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... increase from 2.41% at the end of 2017 - pushed higher by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) report confirming that US inflation is indeed moving on up. Headline CPI inflation rose by 0.5% in the month of January following an upwardly revised 0.2% ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... necessitate the safe-haven quality of the US dollar. Mnuchin is correct, the lower US dollar would boost US growth and US inflation. "America First!" remember? Apart from increased exports, the cheaper greenback will boost multinationals' earnings when ...