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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... growth rate in producer price inflation up to 0.4% from minus 0.1% in October. The latest data shows the annual rate of deflation at Japan's factory gate easing to 2.2% from 2.7% in the year to October. Although still negative - for the 20th straight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... US$3.993 trillion in June 2014. Japan cash earnings Latest wages data suggest that the Bank of Japan's fight against deflation - headline CPI rate up 0.1% in the year to October; core rate down by 0.4% -- is far from over. Cash earnings of Japanese workers ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... forecasts already suggesting inflation in the US will rise to 2%. She said while the conversation has been mostly around deflation, "that will change sooner than you might think. We're already getting off the bottom in terms of inflation." Flanders told ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... rate of decline since the 5.3% fall recorded in March this year. As with retail sales, slow wage growth and persistent deflation continue to discourage household spending. Japan CPI inflation The rate of decline in overall Japanese consumer prices quickened ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... expectations for 1.8% contraction and marks the sixth straight month of year over year fall. Slow wage growth and persistent deflation suggest continued weakness in retail sales in the coming months. While it's still too early to judge the success or ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
The Future Fund has celebrated its tenth anniversary by passing a significant funds under management milestone after achieving ahead of target performance numbers. At 30 June the flagship Future Fund reached $122.8 billion in funds under management ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Fed's favoured inflation measure - remained stuck at 1.6%, where it had been since March this year. Japan CPI inflation Deflation still rules in Japan. Headline consumer prices fell by 0.4% in the year to July, the same rate in May and June, that's the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... and expressed view that you don't intend to redeem these bonds at all until the economy is on a sound footing until deflation expectations have gone away.' "The great thing about fiscal policy as opposed to just quantities easing, or monetary policy ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
In a week punctuated by disappointing key stats from the world's major economies, something strange in our neighbourhood happened... Wall Street produced a trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August ...