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Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019

... real wages is as much due to the increase in nominal pay as well as the recent retreat in Japanese consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.8 in the year to November from 1.4% in the previous month. Core CPI inflation eased to 0.9% from 1% ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018

... but is the slowest rate since January this year. There's not second guessing the result, the sharp slowing in headline CPI was due largely to cheaper energy prices - fuel oil's annual rate of increase slowed to 16.1% in November from 26.2% in ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018

... appears that the Fed is leaning towards the upper range of the neutral rate estimate. The latest inflation data showing headline CPI inflation slowed to 2.3% in September from 2.7% in the previous month and core inflation steady at 2.2% suggest that ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018

... 8) and the liquidity window lending rate to 20.75% on the same day. Still, inflation continues to rampage higher. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 15.9% in July from 10.4% at the start of the year, core inflation sped up to 15.1% from 12.2%. This ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018

... inflation measure accelerating to 1.1% from 0.9% in the March quarter. The August Monetary Policy Statement forecasts the headline CPI inflation rate to ease to 1.4% in the September quarter of this year and won't reach the midpoint of its 1%-3% ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018

... choice given the erosion of their real wages (this has dropped to zero - wages growth of 2.1% (March quarter) and headline CPI inflation of 2.1% (June quarter)). Not only this, latest ABS data show that growth in household disposable income halved to ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018

... in Japan are still nowhere near that - whatever measure of inflation is used. Statistics Japan data show that the headline CPI inflation rate increased by 0.7% in June from 0.6% in the previous month, the core inflation rate (excluding fresh food) did ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018

... stabilised at levels that are above historical averages." Draghi remains uncertain on inflation though, noting that while headline CPI rose to 2% in June from 1.9% in the previous month, core inflation - that which exclude food and oil prices - remain ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018

... turn, should buoy business investment. This is one of the reasons why it's not taking any chances on inflation - headline CPI accelerated to 2.5% in the year to June from 2.2% in the previous month and the bank expects it to "edge up further to about ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018

... growth less inflation. Real wages fell by 0.2% in June - annual growth in average hourly earnings of 2.7% in June less headline CPI inflation of 2.9% (workers buy food and petrol), auguring a negative indication for consumer spending. On the flipside ...

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