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XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... fixed income is arguably more important than ever. A 1% variation in income matters much more in an environment of near-deflation and low single-digit interest rates than in a world of, say, 2-3% inflation and 5% interest rates," Murphy said. The white ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... expectations for a 2.3% gain and was primarily driven by the slowdown in food inflation to 5.9% from 7.4% in April. Persistent deflation at the factory gates - producer prices had been declining since March 2012 and continued on through to last month ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Retirees' cost of living reduced in the first three months of 2016 but it doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... expectations for a 0.2% annual rate. April and May's positive annual inflation readings follow 15 straight months of deflation that started in January 2015. Brazil GDP Though better than market expectations for a 0.8% decline, Brazil's economy continues ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... delayed. The April sales number is the second straight month of fall and the fifth over the past six months. Persistent deflation in the country - both headline and core CPI inflation measures down by 0.3% in April - consumers would not be in a rush ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... Singapore dollar to zero - no appreciation - it's clear what its intentions are to boost growth and rid the economy of deflation, amid slow global growth. The annual rate of CPI inflation in Singapore had been falling for 18 straight months - down 0.5% ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... Y15 trillion "plain vanilla" market, the Financial Times reported. The aims of the policy are twofold: help Japan's deflation busting quantitative easing programme and further Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth programme by investing in companies that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... retail price index rose by 1.3% in the year to April, down from 1.6% in March and lower than the expected 1.5% increase. Deflation at the factory gate suggests continued weakness in UK inflation. Producer prices fell by 0.7% in the year to April - better ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... worse than market expectations for an "improvement" to minus 3.7% and marks the third straight month of accelerating PPI deflation in Japan. Indian WPI inflation Japan wants inflation, India doesn't but both are getting what they don't want. India's ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... before the BOJ announcement underscore the need for more stimuli that preferably would weaken the yen (shhh, I said). Deflation is back. Headline consumer prices declined by 0.1 percent in the year to March following a 0.3% increase in February. Core ...