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Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... consensus expectations for a 2.4% gain and is the slowest increase in consumer prices since February this year (2.2%). Core inflation remained unchanged at 2.2% in September from August and also less than expectations for a pick-up to 2.3%. Despite the ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... consensus expectations for a 2.4% gain and is the slowest increase in consumer prices since February this year (2.2%). Core inflation remained unchanged at 2.2% in September from August and also less than expectations for a pick-up to 2.3%. Despite the ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... inflation. UK headline inflation quickened for the fourth straight month to 2.7% in July from 2.5% in June while core inflation jumped to 2.1% from 1.8%. Without Brexit uncertainty and concerns over the US-China trade spat, no one could fault the BOE ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... a spanner from under the RBNZ's optimistic outlook on inflation. To wit, "There are welcome early signs of core inflation rising towards the mid-point of the target. Higher fuel prices are likely to boost inflation in the near term, but we will look ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... is heading in the right direction - headline up 1.3% in the year to August (from 0.9% in the previous month) and core inflation up 0.9% from 0.8% in July. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as ...

The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... June quarter and an average of 1.6% as at the end of March. But before you expect a more aggressive BOE, note that core inflation has eased to 1.8% in July from 2.7% at the start of 2018. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... continues to rampage higher. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 15.9% in July from 10.4% at the start of the year, core inflation sped up to 15.1% from 12.2%. This is hardly surprising given the Turkish lira's sharp depreciation. What would also ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... rate of headline inflation picked up speed to 1.5% in the June quarter from 1.1% in the previous quarter with the core inflation measure accelerating to 1.1% from 0.9% in the March quarter. The August Monetary Policy Statement forecasts the headline ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... Japan data show that the headline CPI inflation rate increased by 0.7% in June from 0.6% in the previous month, the core inflation rate (excluding fresh food) did the same, up to 0.8% last month from 0.7% in May. Both inflation gauges are still less ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... uncertain on inflation though, noting that while headline CPI rose to 2% in June from 1.9% in the previous month, core inflation - that which exclude food and oil prices - remain muted (down to 0.9% in June from 1.1% in May). However, he takes comfort ...