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Long pause likely from RBA: Economist

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... with their target, they might not have to lift interest rates quite as much." The other print, Bloxham said, is the CPI measure. "The quarterly measure will be a focus as well. We think it's going to be quite high but will show some clear signs that ...

Retirees feel the brunt of inflation: Challenger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... does reveal that the health component of the consumer price index (CPI) has been consistently higher than the overall CPI measure for the past 20 years, with the exception being the spike in overall inflation seen in recent months," the report said. ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... three components, the CPI would have risen 0.1 per cent in the June quarter." Similarly, while the annual headline CPI measure has fallen into deflation, core inflation measures remain positive - trimmed mean inflation slowed to 1.2% in the year to the ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... in real terms (from negative 0.1% in May) when measured against the headline CPI and 0.4% (from 0.5%) less the core CPI measure. The good news is that Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation of Trump's ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... in real terms (from negative 0.1% in May) when measured against the headline CPI and 0.4% (from 0.5%) less the core CPI measure. The good news is that Trump's tax cuts could help ease the decline in real wages. The bad news, an escalation of Trump's ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... August last year but, at 1.6% in February, remains below target. Because of its strong positive correlation with the CPI measure of inflation, chances are the PCE price index will reflect the gentle upward trend in consumer prices when the March update ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... 0.5% in the previous - resulting in a slight increase in the year-on-year rate to 2.2% from 2.1%. Similarly, the core CPI measure eased to a monthly rate of 0.2% in February from 0.3% in January, resulting in a steady annual rate of 1.8%. Note that the ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Say what? That'll be any rational investor's reaction when you tell him about Wall Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... response by the US Federal Reserve but given current indications... perhaps, not yet. Although it tracks the core CPI measure's direction, the core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remains below (1.5% in the year to November) ...
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