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Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019

... market expectations for a 1.1% gain. Spring looks to have sprung for inflation too. The flash estimate of headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.7% in the year to April from 1.4% in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019

... unemployment rate (3.9% in February) is at 45-year lows but inflation is closer to the 2% target (both headline and core CPI inflation stood at 1.9% in the year to March). Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 3% this year to date ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019

... rising wages - up by 1.8% in the year to December from 1.7% in November and 1.5% in October. The drop in the headline CPI inflation rate to 0.3% from 08% over the same period underscore the sharp increase in Japanese real wages. Japan's external ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019

... past half century." These expectations are consistent with latest data showing weakening price pressures: headline CPI inflation down to 1.6% in the year to January from 1.9% in December; core unchanged at 2.2%; headline PPI down to 2% from 2.5% over ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019

... lower its GDP growth forecast to 1.2% this year (from the previous estimate if 1.7%). In addition, the BOE said: "CPI inflation fell to 2.1% in December and is expected to decline to slightly below the MPC's 2% target in the near term, largely due ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019

... downward pressure on the Philippine peso. As a result, Philippine inflation surged to nine year highs. Headline CPI inflation jumped to a high of 6.7% in 2018 and core inflation surged to a peak of 5.1%. Latest data show that the uptrend in inflation ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019

... is as much due to the increase in nominal pay as well as the recent retreat in Japanese consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 0.8 in the year to November from 1.4% in the previous month. Core CPI inflation eased to 0.9% from 1% in October. ...

Fed steady with a slight chance of a rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019

... Fed's favoured inflation measure - the core PCE price index - stood at 1.9% in the year to November whereas the core CPI inflation stood at 2.2% over the same month. The positive correlation between these two measures and the lead from rising wages - ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018

... direction - the core PCE price inflation has eased to an annual rate of 1.8% in October from 2% in July; the core CPI inflation rate has slowed to 2.2% after peaking at 2.3% in July this year. And inflation expectations? They've dropped - based on ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018

... compared with 16.1% in the year to October. Factoring energy (and food) out of the calculation (and food), core CPI inflation increased by 2.2% in the year to November that, based on Factset's time series data, is the fourth straight month that core ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:13PM

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA | 12:05PM

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA | 12:03PM

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 11:12AM

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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