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Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... Now think of all the jobs this kind of growth will not create....and inflation? The Fed's favoured measure - the PCE price index - slowed to 1.2% in the third quarter from 2.2% in the second. The core measure was at 1.3% -- below the Fed's 2.0% target. ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... better than the other half, that is on inflation. The latest reading from Fed's favoured inflation gauge - the PCE price index - showed annual inflation running at only 1.3% in August. And while "...the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... it's stable alright... stable below the Fed's 2.0% inflation target since May 2012 - the same with the headline PCE price index (including food and energy) but this measure is up a mere 0.3% in the 12 months to August. The US non-farm payrolls report ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... year-on-year. If this comes in as expected, it wouldn't alter the prevailing trend of soft inflation in the US. The core PCE price index has trended lower, from around 1.8% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2013- 2014 to about 1.3% this year. It eased to 1.2% in the ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... is the Fed's favoured measure of inflation -- the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index. The core PCE price index continues to trend lower, from around 1.8% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2013- 2014 to about 1.3% this year. It eased to 1.2% in the year ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... last night... and the latest data say, they are saving instead of consuming. This, along with tame inflation - PCE price index slowed to 0.1% year-on-year from 0.3% in March; core PCE price index eased to 1.2% in April from 1.4% -- argues for longer ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... inflation at 1.5%-1.7%, up from 1.5%-1.6%. And, last point... promise. Data released overnight show that while the PCE price index - the Fed's favoured measure of inflation - has advanced closer to the Fed's target (1.8% in May from 1.6% in April), consumer ...
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