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Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's 1.6%. Similarly, headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.8% in the year to January from 1.1% in the previous month and beating expectations for a 1.6% ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... eased to 4.9% from 6.4%. Reports indicate that British shoppers are being squeezed by rising inflation with both headline CPI (1.9%) and core consumer prices (1.6%) rising in the year to December. However, the December retail sales report is inconsistent ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... decline, driven by decreased imports from China (-9.9%) and the US (-5.1%). Malaysia CPI inflation The country's headline CPI inflation rate accelerated to 1.8% in the year to November from the previous month's 1.4% annual rate. This is higher than market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... previous quarter. This should help support the European Central Bank's effort to raise consumer price inflation - headline CPI inflation up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI inflation unchanged at 0.8% in November from the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... next five years declined by 2.5%. US CPI inflation Higher energy prices are flowing through into US consumer prices. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.7% in the year to November from 1.6% in the previous month. This is in line with market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... trillion in June 2014. Japan cash earnings Latest wages data suggest that the Bank of Japan's fight against deflation - headline CPI rate up 0.1% in the year to October; core rate down by 0.4% -- is far from over. Cash earnings of Japanese workers increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... for the core measure coming in at 0.8% in the year to October, the same gains recorded in August and September. The headline CPI inflation rate accelerated slightly to 0.5% in October from 0.4% in the previous month and 0.2% in August. Japan retail sales ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... expectations for a 2.1% increase and the fastest annual growth rate since the June quarter of last year. Japan CPI inflation Headline CPI inflation increased by 0.2% in the month of September following a flat reading in the previous month. However, the ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... update. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2016" report shows the annual headline CPI inflation rate accelerating to 1.3% in the third quarter from 1.0% in the June quarter and beating expectations for a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... rise SA. NSW, VIC, QLD and WA recorded increases of 3.1%, 1.6%, 1.5% and 2.0%, respectively. US CPI inflation US headline CPI inflation increased by 0.3% in the month of September following a 0.2% rise in the previous month. While this is in line with ...