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Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... earnings expectations so low, chances of an upside surprise are high. There's more better than expected news out of China. Annual CPI inflation came in at 1.9% in September -- down from 2.0% in the previous month and the slowest rate in 2 years. Sure ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... from June, but how much of this slight weakening is due to price effects. For prices in China have also been slowing. Annual CPI inflation eased to 1.8% in July from 2.2% in the previous month. For producers, the price they pay aren't only easing, their ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... requiring a special cost of living adjustment for pensions compared to other welfare benefits which are normally linked to CPI or average wages. The surprise in the latest results is that the PBLI is rising on par with regular CPI despite retirees and ...

ASFA: Retirement costs remain steady

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... quarter for retirees at the modest level was similar to the 0.1% increase recorded in the All Groups Consumer Price Index (CPI). However, in some quarters the price increases recorded will differ as retiree households on average have somewhat different ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... government inflation-linked bond index carries capital inflation linked bonds with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each quarter. "Inflation linked bonds are an important part of the bond market and we've been working on that piece. We're ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... expected the market to react positively when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter later on Tuesday morning. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that it would likely cut ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... declined because of his plan to double the consumption tax from the current 5% to 10% by 2015. There was bad news out of China. CPI inflation accelerated to 3.6% in March against expectations for a 3.3% print and up from the previous month's 3.2% annual ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... at the top for any one month is a real dynamic - we all know the flaws in that," Atkin said. "Our objective is to achieve CPI plus 3.5% and that should be our benchmark - other things can be an indicator but if that's your benchmark that should lead ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012