Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 64 results for "Core CPI"

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... appear to back her claim that the first quarter's weakness was due to "statistical noise" and "transitory factors". US core CPI inflation was at 1.8% in April - close to the 2.0% Fed target. US consumer confidence, house prices, new home sales and durable ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... from minus 0.2% in December. Despite its on-going massive QE programme, Japan looks set to return to deflation with its core CPI (less VAT hike effect) slowing to 0.2% in January from 0.5% in the previous month. While Australia's core inflation remains ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... period from fiscal 2014 to 2016". Sure, sure Shirley. That's not the indication given by the latest CPI report. It showed core CPI (excluding the direct impact of the tax hike) easing to 1.1% annual rate in August from 1.3% in July and June from 1.4% ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... production slowed to a mere 2.1% in May after expanding by as much as 10.5% in January. You want more? There's more. Japan's core CPI inflation picked up pace to an annual rate of 3.4% in May from 3.2% in April. But don't forget that this is boosted ...

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 ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... economy has gone back to the deflationary environment of the mid-1990s only compound the problem. Japanese headline and core CPI have retreated sharply. Both measures show consumer prices dropping by 1.1 per cent in the 12 months to May. When the 'in' ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... from 1.1 percent in June. This will take annual rate of headline inflation up to 5.1 percent from 5 percent previously. Core CPI is expected to increase by 0.2 percent from 0.3 percent in June, for an annual rate of 2.4 percent. Data on US consumer confidence ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... banks that welcome a pick up in inflation. Tokyo consumer prices are expected to increase by 1.8 percent in the to July. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, is expected to increase by 0.4 percent over the year, up from a 0.3 percent in the year ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... inflation will also be out this week but markets will have to wait until Friday to receive the latest update. The Tokyo core CPI for July is forecast to rise by 0.4 percent year-over-year, slightly higher than the 0.3 percent increase posted in the previous ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... percent in May - the highest level since 1991 -- from 4.2 percent in the previous month. The annual rate of increase in the core CPI was more behaved, rising by 2.4 percent from 2.3 percent in April. The core CPI measure reached a cyclical peak of 2.9 ...