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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... deflation from turning into inflation and eroding Japanese exporters' competitiveness and profits. As the yen weakens, import prices increase putting upward pressure on consumer prices, encouraging more immediate consumer spending (as prices aren't expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... to $24.00. Dealers are now looking to import and export prices data due out at 1130 AEST. The market is expecting import prices to have risen by 0.6 per cent and export prices to have fallen by two per cent. "We believe the peak in Australia's terms ...

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... arguing that rising commodity prices and declining services was a factor. "The primary channel is the effect of import prices into developed markets, that is, as we open up the global trading systems to allow for greater trading between the more economies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... economic outlook," St George chief economist Besa Deda said. The terms of trade measures the ratio of export prices to import prices. "One of the growth engines of the Australian economic outlook is the private capex upswing and that is showing up also ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... New York region accelerated in February to its highest level since June. That came as the US Labor Department said import prices rose more than expected in January on the back of surging oil costs. However retail sales, a key indicator of the consumer ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... cent against expectations for a 0.5 per cent increase after a 0.5 per cent gain in the previous month. And rising import prices are backing up this fear of more inflation and reduced spending. US import prices rose by 1.5 per cent in January - more than ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... it announced plans for new budget spending. The rising yen is exacerbating the deflation in the country by making import prices cheaper. And now we also have the Eurozone. Yes, it too came out of recession in the third quarter. ECB President Trichet ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... term. And then there was the prospect of deflation, indicated by the bigger than expected 0.7 per cent decline in import prices in July. Import prices deflated by 19.3 per cent in the 12 months to July from down 17.7 per cent in June. But those who worry ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... current Japanese investment and consumption. Capital investments made today would seem unprofitable tomorrow as import prices become cheaper in the future but selling prices more expensive for Japan's export markets. At the same time, households would ...

Inflation up but lower than expected

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... by the CPI) also came in lower than anticipated. Many would blame the flat wholesale inflation figure on deflated import prices and indeed the hardy Australian dollar reducing the cost of imported goods by 1.1 per cent, providing a counterbalance to ...