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Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... inflation numbers are widely acknowledged to be distorted by the Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Sure enough, the annual headline CPI inflation rate quickened to 2.2% in September from 1.9% in the previous month, led by a 10.1% year-on-year increase in energy ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... quarters to end-June 2017 - and whatever purchasing power consumers have is being eroded by inflation - the annual headline CPI inflation rate was 1.9% in the June 2017 quarter. Besides, it remains to be seen if this one-month improvement in consumer ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... is not surprising given the sluggish trend in wages - up only 1.9% in the year to the June 2017 quarter. Factor in headline CPI inflation of 1.9% over the same period and we get... nada, zilch, bupkis growth in real wages. Yes Virgina, we're working ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... monetary policy) retail spending peaked in January 2017 - headline at 5.6% (yoy) and core at 5.4%. So has US inflation. Headline CPI inflation peaked at 2.5% in the year to January 2017; core inflation at 2.3% in the same month. The subsequent rate hikes ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... to close in the first half of 2018. Reason perhaps why the BOC is not taking chances despite slowing inflation - headline CPI inflation eased to 1.3% in May from 1.6% in April; core CPI inflation eased to 0.9% from 1.1%. Besides, "the factors behind ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... difference between wages growth and the increase in consumer prices - they have gone backwards. Wages growth of 1.9% less headline CPI inflation of 2.1% gives you a negative 0.2% real wage growth. This negative real wage, along with high household debt ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... the latest CPI inflation stats - both the headline rate the core measure came in lower than market expectations. Headline CPI inflation eased to 2.2% in the year to April from 2.4% in March and 2.7% in February. This is the slowest rate of price growth ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... (9.2%). Like the Eurozone, growth is gaining momentum in Japan. But similar to the Eurozone inflation remains low - headline CPI inflation was at 0.3% in the year to February; core CPI at 0.2%.

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
While there's little progress over inflation, it actually reversed in March - headline CPI inflation down to 1.5% from 2.0% in February; core inflation down to 0.7% from 0.9% -- latest data indicate that growth in the Eurozone continues to gain momentum. ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... Draghi's prescience. After climbing to a positive annual rate since June last year to a high of 2.0% in February, headline CPI inflation eased sharply to 1.5% in March on the back of, yes, slowing energy prices. Moreover, the still low core inflation ...