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CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Kerry Craig says it's a virtual certainty. "The underlying rate of core inflation increased by 3.7% year-on-year, and the fact that inflationary pressures are starting to broaden should be enough for the ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... annual headline inflation rate increased to a 13-year high of 5.4% in September from 5.3% in the previous month, core inflation steadied at 4.0% but are still around 29-year highs. Communication is key. As per the minutes: "The illustrative tapering ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... Japan's inflation measure. As a result of changing the base from 2015 to 2020, Japan's +0.2% annual headline and core inflation rates in June has turned into negative 0.5%.

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... that the economy while starting to rebound, it remains fragile. Similarly, flash estimates of Eurozone inflation - core inflation eased to 0.9% in June form 1.0% in May; headline inflation slowed to 1.9% from 2.0% -- give that meat to Madam Lagarde's ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... inflation rate was better at minus 0.1% in the year to May from minus 0.4% in the previous month. The annual rate of core inflation turned into a positive 0.1% from April's minus 0.1% rate. Still, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) remains optimistic, noting ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... of 1.5% in April to 2.1% in May - above the 2% target and the 1.8% rate predicted in the May Report. Likewise, core inflation quickened from 1.3% to 2.0%. But have no fear: "Financial market measures of inflation expectations suggest that the near-term ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... concerns are misplaced. Three days after. Same as last month the BLS released figures showing that headline and core inflation grew by more than expected but the financial markets' reaction was different - US equities fell in May, they advanced this ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... remains in deflation (-0.4% in April from -0.2% in March) - the seventh straight month of falling prices. So does core inflation. Its annual growth rate has remained negative for the nine months running to -0.1% in the year to April. Certainly, the upward ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... past three months - the annual rate of headline inflation rose to 1.5% in April (from 0.7% in the previous month); core inflation quickened to 1.3% from 1.1% in March. The IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey found that: "May data pointed to the fastest increase ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... quarter, but at 1.1%, it remains halfway south of the bottom rung of the RBA's 2%-3% target band (same with core inflation). The acceleration in inflation provides a good omen for wages growth, particularly for those whose pay increases are tied ...