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Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... 5.2% of GDP this year by The Economist magazine - from 4.5% in FY 2013/14 - and stubbornly high inflation.A Annual Indian CPI inflation bounced up to 8.6% in April from 8.31% in March and 8.03% the month before. Stubbornly high inflation has kept the ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... economy "is in the region of 1 percent to 1.5 percent" according to "most MPC members' central view". And the inflation outlook? CPI inflation has been moving further away from the BOE's 2.0% target since the start of the year and was clocked at 1.6% ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... 2014 portfolio update and advised that so far this financial year it has earned 9.8% and that it is opening up a big gap over CPI+4.5% performance benchmark. Preliminary super fund performance results from Rainmaker's March 2014 SelectingSuper survey ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... appears that the Japanese government and the BOJ's are achieving their aim to raise inflation to 2.0% -- the annual headline CPI inflation rate was clocked at 1.6% in March while core inflation increased by 1.3% -- this is due to the "front loading" ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... "Queensland Motorways is a high quality portfolio of established and new motorways that serve Brisbane's commuters. It comes with CPI-linked pricing and its use is underpinned by a robust population and employment outlook for south east Queensland," ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... on Jobs"? The good news on top of the good news is that UK inflation remains well-behaved. The annual harmonised headline CPI measure eased to 1.85% in January from 2.0% in the previous month and the core rate slipped to 1.63% from 1.7%. This allows ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Windham wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... risks to offer a diversifying approach," Apostle director Greg Johnson said. The investment objective of the mandate will be CPI + 5% and will follow a similar strategy to that managed by Windham in the US, but with the addition of Australian assets ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... inflation expectations continue to be well anchored." And that's the rub-a-dub-dub, folks. Inflation's no probs - latest headline CPI rate at 1.5% and core at 1.7% -- it's a non-factor.A But the "6-1/2 percent" unemployment rate threshold is. If the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... Australia, the market on Wednesday lower after the release of higher-than-expected inflation figures. Consumer price index (CPI) growth of 0.8 per cent for the December quarter was above the 0.5 per cent rise expected by economists, reducing the chances ...