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The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remains below (1.5% in the year to November) the US central bank's 2.0% inflation target. This is underscored by Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank president Neel Kashkari's tweet, "I, for one ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
The Australian consumer is back! He, she, it, they have opened their wallets and went on a shopping binge. This, at least, is what one would conclude after seeing the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report revealing that retail sales surged by ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... trimming its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs by ¥10 billion each. And then, there's the European Central Bank (ECB) which is scheduled to halve its asset purchases from €60 billion to €30 billion starting this month. But if the ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... Japan's (BOJ) long-hoped for "virtuous cycle" has started to turn. This was not lost on the BOJ. While the Japanese central bank kept monetary policy unchanged at its December 2017 meeting, the policy statement was more upbeat: "Japan's economy is expanding ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Giving his 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum preview, Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur says it's hard to find any near-term threats to the global economy. Speaking to Financial Standard, Baur said the world economy ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... global economy and financial markets in general; it also mentioned the potential impact of several European elections; central bank policy; commodity and property prices; and the outlook for China and Australia. SMSF Association National Conference More ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Final estimates of Eurozone HICP (harmonised index of consumer prices) inflation added credence to the European Central Bank's (ECB) most recent forward guidance indicating that euro area interest rates will remain on ice until at least the third quarter ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... the Fed, they see 2017's stronger growth-low inflation dynamics to spill over into 2018. As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged. The Eurosystem staff projects annual real GDP growth of 2.4% in 2017, 2.3% ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
And so it came to pass, The Fed delivered! The US central bank lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%-1.50% following its 12-13 December FOMC meeting - as widely expected and telegraphed but more importantly, as the dot plot of December ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... missing expectations for a 1.8% increase. This is below the PBOC's 2017 inflation target of 3.0% giving the Chinese central bank breathing room in terms of monetary policy. Surely, the PBOC wouldn't want to raise interest rates simultaneous with the ...