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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... prices In contrast to the absence of pipeline inflation pressure indicated by the recent readings on export and import prices (released earlier), US producer prices came in higher than market expectations. Though still low, annual headline producer price ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... while the "index of house price expectations" went up by 4.3% to its highest level since August 2015. US export and import prices If the Fed's looking for inflation pressure, there are still none coming from trade. US import prices edged up by 0.2% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... to June - the same annual pace in April and May but an acceleration in the price fall of 3.8% recorded in March. Import prices decreased by 12.9% in the year to June while export prices fell by 4.4%. Philippine exports The ruling of the international ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... US economic growth over the April-June period that would keep Fed rate hike expectations in play. US export and import prices US economic growth could be gaining renewed momentum but pipeline inflation pressure remains absent. The annual rate of change ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Australia export and import prices Prices are dropping like flies. Following on from the disappointingly weak consumer price inflation report for the March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest estimates on Australian ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... investment. to discourage capital inflows, to weaken the currency to boost exports, to raise inflation by lifting import prices. All well and good... if "the others" aren't doing the same thing. But they are and now it's turning into another race to ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... energy prices, but to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further." Australia is already there. Core inflation is within the Reserve Bank ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... US$ soaring and commodity prices falling some more) send expectations lower? The strong US$ would further dampen import prices - downward pressure on inflation - and erode US exporters' competitiveness - downward pressure on growth. And then we have ...

A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... that are likely to be temporary, including a deceleration in consumer energy prices and outright declines in core import prices in recent quarters. Longer-run inflation expectations have remained remarkably steady, however. We anticipate that, as the ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... percent over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of declines in energy and import prices dissipate" and "survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable," indicators indicate ...