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Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to 2.9% in the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to 2.9% in the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... price inflation and on growth that would also ease upward pressure in inflation. Latest data show that while headline inflation has remained at 2.4% in May from April, the core rate (2.1%) is virtually within the BOE's 2% target. Apart from the one ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... changing the ECB's "communication" to a less dovish tone. As Draghi explained: "Looking ahead, we anticipate that headline inflation will resume its gradual upward adjustment, supported by our monetary policy measures. At the same time, uncertainties ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... consumer spending - that which accounts for around 60% of the economy -is growth in real wages (nominal less headline inflation). While real wages growth remained positive in the December quarter, it slowed to 0.17% from 0.18% in the September quarter. ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on domestic consumer prices showed little change. Australian headline inflation accelerated a tad to 1.9% in the year to the December quarter from 1.8% in the previous one but is below market expectations ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... showed very little "plus ca change", suggesting no "plus ca change" in RBA monetary policy as well. Australian headline inflation accelerated a tad to 1.9% in the year to the December quarter from 1.8% in the previous one but is below market expectations ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... disposable income grew by only 1.8% in the year to the September quarter, just enough to offset the 1.8% increase in headline inflation over the same period for a grand total of zero growth in real disposable income. But even if real disposable income ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... indicating that euro area interest rates will remain on ice until at least the third quarter of next year. Headline inflation accelerated to 1.5% in the year to November from 1.4% in the previous month, unchanged from the preliminary estimate and right ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... previous week and by 5.1% from this year's high of 768 rigs. A continued rise in oil prices should, in turn, lift headline inflation that could raise inflation expectations. Core inflation would also get a lift. While the price of food and energy are ...