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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... headline PCE price index increased by 1.2% in the year to September from 1.0% in the previous month. More important, the core PCE inflation rate - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - stood at 1.7% in September, the same rate as in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... (0.2% versus 0.3%), The PCE price index rose by 2.0% (unchanged from the second estimate) in the June quarter while the core PCE price rate rose by 1.8%. US corporate profits Corporate profits (with inventory valuation adjustment and capital consumption ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... increased by 0.9% in the year to May, slowing from April's 1.1% annual rate while the Fed's favoured inflation measure - the core PCE - remained unchanged and below target at 1.6%. Eurozone confidence Economic, consumer and business confidence in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... favoured inflation measure - remains below the 2.0% target. Headline PCE price inflation was at 1.1% in April and the core PCE inflation rate was at 1.6%. US consumer confidence Perhaps they haven't heard of Brexit yet when they were polled by the Conference ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... been above the Fed's 2.0% inflation target since December last year. But before you shout rate hike, note that it is the core PCE price index reading that the US central bank tracks. Latest available data show core PCE inflation was at 1.6% in the year ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... 1.4% in the final quarter of last year. Not only this, US inflation is also moving away from the Fed's 2.0% target. The core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - eased to 1.6% in the year to March from 1.7% in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... next month. The overall PCE price index eased to 1.0% in the year to February from 1.3% in the previous month while the core PCE inflation measure remained unchanged at 1.7%. Russian GDP Russia continues to shrink, falling by 2.7% in the year to February ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... solidly strong, core inflation had been above the Fed's 2.0% target since November last year to 2.2% in January and the core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - had been gradually heading towards the 2.0% target, accelerating to ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... the fastest since May 2015. But the biggest story that put rate hike specs back on the table is the sharp jump in the core PCE price index from 1.4% in the year to December to 1.7% last month. This puts the Fed's favoured inflation measure at the top ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... there remains a 20% chance that it could abort lift-off. Let's not worry that the Fed's favoured inflation gauge - the core PCE price index - remained below target at 1.3% in October, be anxious that inflation expectations are falling (sharply at that) ...