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Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019

... yen's depreciation should help in the BOJ's efforts to bring inflation up to its 2% target. With headline CPI inflation at 0.2% (October) and core inflation at 0.4%, continued yen weakness would push import prices up and, in turn, domestic consumer ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019

... September this year. The PBOC would have done a bit more were it not for accelerating consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation quickened to 3.8% in the year to October from 3% in September. This was much higher than market expectations for an increase ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019

... straight month of decline since peaking at 44.6 in November 2017. Japan's biggest challenge is inflation. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.3% in the year to August from 0.4% in the previous month. Core CPI inflation eased to 0.5% from 0.6% in July. ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019

... grow by 2.75% (1.8% in the year to the March 2019 quarter); the unemployment rates at 5.0% (5.2% in July 2019); CPI inflation at 2.25% (1.6% in the March 2019 quarter); and, wages growth of 2.75% (2.3% in the June 2019 quarter). Aside from stating the ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019

... start to lift and feed into inflation. Latest data show Australia's unemployment rate at 5.2% in May; headline CPI inflation at 1.3% in the March quarter and; the core inflation rate - average of trimmed mean and weighted median measures - at 1.4%. ...

Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019

... of 1.2% in the December 2018 survey. Low and way below target inflation remains the BOJ's bugbear. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.7% in the year to May (from 0.9% in April) and core inflation eased to 0.8% (from 0.9%). The decline in output prices ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019

... last year - the country's inflation rate had been decelerating further away from its 1%-3% target. Headline CPI inflation eased to 1.5% in the year to the March quarter from 1.9% in the previous period. Core CPI inflation steadied at 1.5%. Congruent ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019

... pattern of relatively strong household consumption growth but weak business investment has persisted" and "Core CPI inflation was 1.7% in May, and core services CPI inflation has remained slightly below levels consistent with meeting the inflation target ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019

... BOJ met in April have improved but not enough and still way below the BOJ's 2% inflation target. The headline CPI inflation nearly doubled to 0.9% in the year to April from 0.5% in March; core inflation (excluding fresh food) inched up to 0.9% from ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019

... "That's something that central banks face all over the world." True that. The chart below shows latest core CPI inflation measures among the world's major economies remain below their stated 2.0% targets. While US core US CPI inflation is at ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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