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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Bureau of Statistics reveal how consumer prices behaved in the second quarter. According to AAP, "The consumer price index (CPI), a key measure of inflation due out on Wednesday, is expected to have risen by 0.8 per cent in the June quarter for an annual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... or the US could force the RBA to hold rates for the remainder of the year. The RBA would look to the consumer price index (CPI) for June, due next Wednesday, as a factor in deciding on the future movement of interest rates. Meanwhile, bond futures were ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... expected and indicating that wholesale inflation remains subdued. But I won't be giving QE3 points to this stat because it's the CPI that matters more to Sir Ben. It'll be release tonight along with the latest update on consumer sentiment, industrial ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Australian super funds are looking for assets with strong links to CPI inflation as they continue to ramp up their allocation to alternatives, a class that has swelled to US$952 billion among global pension funds. According to a global research study ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... inflation up to 3.6 per cent - the highest since October 2008. Worst, it might be filtering in into core consumer prices. The core CPI advanced by 0.3 per cent in the month - more than the 0.2 per cent increase expected. In year-on-year terms, core CPI ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... rising food prices had a strong impact on China, Indonesia and Korea but have now begun to fall. The large weighting of the CPI index leaves Asia vulnerable to food supply disruptions but, argues Dutton, it is largely cyclical, not core. "Inflation is ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... repayment schedule. Cross over to the UK and you'll see that things are heating up there too - price-wise that, is. Headline CPI inflation spiked to an annual rate of 4.5 per cent in April from 4.0 per cent in the previous month. The Bank of England ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... over the coming few quarters" and "The Bank expects that, as the temporary price shocks dissipate over the coming quarters, CPI inflation will be close to target over the year ahead." That's fine. Some in the financial markets even pencilled in a rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... inflation is showing signs of creeping up. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported last week the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had risen by 1.6 per cent in the March quarter for an annual inflation rate of 3.3 per cent. Also on Monday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases producer price index (PPI) data on Thursday, followed by consumer price index (CPI) figures on Wednesday next week. Mr Capurso did not expect the Australian dollar to move much on either data. "The PPI almost ...