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Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... inflation is easing. America is not importing inflationary pressures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US import prices slowed to an annual rate of 3.5% in the year to September from 3.8% in August and 4.8% in July. Import prices would have ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... Stronger consumer spending suggests that US businesses would be able to easily pass on higher costs to shoppers - US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March; producer prices rose by 3% over the same period - lifting overall inflation in ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... March update is released at the end of this month. More so given that other price measures have moved higher. US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March - the fastest rate since April last year - from 3.4% in the previous month. Inflation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... improvement from the 4.8% drop recorded in the previous month. The latest reading brings to a full two years that US import prices (in year-on-year terms) have been in the negative territory. As with import prices, the price of US exports have also been ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... export and import prices If the Fed's looking for inflation pressure, there are still none coming from trade. US import prices edged up by 0.2% in June after a 1.4% increase in the previous month. This is lower than market expectations for a 0.5% monthly ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... but... not so fast. We also got another piece of the inflation puzzle last night and it also points to not yet. US import prices dropped by 1.8% in August, accelerating its 0.9% DE-flation in the previous month. So did export prices, down to minus 1.4% ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... oil prices - and the concern du' jour - the strong US dollar - equates to for America. These equal to slumping US import prices - down 9.4% in the year to February following an equally large drop of 8.8% (yoy) in the previous month. The annual rate of ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... the previous month. And rising import prices are backing up this fear of more inflation and reduced spending. US import prices rose by 1.5 per cent in January - more than the expected 0.8 per cent increase. Rising inflation poses a dilemma for central ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... winning streak, but the Nasdaq rose for the fifth consecutive session. Before the opening bell, the government said US import prices in August rose 0.8 per cent, far exceeding economists' forecast. That stirred concerns about inflation, especially coming ...

Daily economic update

... import their goods, there is a risk that at some point foreigners may choose to stop funding America's excesses. US import prices fell for the second consecutive month in December, thanks to cheaper oil and cheap Chinese goods. Import prices fell by ...
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