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Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. Core inflation (all items less food and energy) rose by 0.9% in April - the largest since April 1982 - with the annual rate accelerating to ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September 2008) from 2.6% in the previous month. Core inflation (all items less food and energy) rose by 0.9% in April - the largest since April 1982 - with the annual rate accelerating to ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... Outlook report - 4.0% in 2021 (from 3.9% predicted in January 2021) and 2.4% (from 1.8%) - it doesn't expect core inflation to reach target - 0.1% this year, 0.8% in 2022 and 1.0% in 2023. The resurgence of coronavirus infections in the country is ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... from being sustainable and, at best, not strong enough to turn deflation into inflation. Japan's headline and core inflation rates stood at negative 0.6% in the year to January 2021. While an improvement from the previous month, they remain way below ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... to -0.3% - the lowest reading since April 2016 - from August's 0.2% deflation. The ECB's closely-watched core inflation measure halved to a record low 0.2% from 0.4%. The re-imposition of restrictions - targeted they may be - would limit economic ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... that "Core consumer inflation will hover in slightly negative territory for about three years". Japan's annual core inflation rate stood at zero in July. This is based on Kiuchi's reasoning that, "Japan will likely see more small and midsized ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... 0.1 per cent in the June quarter." Similarly, while the annual headline CPI measure has fallen into deflation, core inflation measures remain positive - trimmed mean inflation slowed to 1.2% in the year to the June quarter from 1.8% in the March quarter ...

Chief economist update: Second wave comes to Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... in July from 40.1 in June from 38.4 in May. This has kept headline inflation stable at 0.1% in June from May and core inflation to zero from the previous two months' deflation readings of minus 0.2% each. This allowed the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to take ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... trillions of dollars or euros or yens or pounds, or whatever currency, that are currently flooding planet earth, core inflation measures in advanced economies continue to decelerate. This could be due to the lagged effects of monetary (and fiscal) policy. ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Latest stats show that Japanese headline CPI inflation remained barely above zero (0.1%) in the year to May while core inflation lingered in deflation (-0.2%) over the same period. Thus, while both the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Abe government are optimistic ...

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