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Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... curbing inflation. "Rather, inflation has fallen as a result of repairs to global supply chains and an easing of import prices," he said. "The Australian economy is softening dramatically, the pace of inflation has peaked and is moderating quickly, wage ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Republic and Mexico that have fewer direct economic ties to China and import commodities may do better, as falling import prices are a boost to their economies. "Our overall view is that the virus is more widespread than has been reported, meaning there ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... stabilizer in 2019; however, we expect 2020 will bring a stable to moderately stronger yuan to limit pass-through from import prices, another element of the trade deal with the US." In other expectations for the Asia-Pacific region, PIMCO said it believes ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... target. With headline CPI inflation at 0.2% (October) and core inflation at 0.4%, continued yen weakness would push import prices up and, in turn, domestic consumer prices. The optimism behind the yen's descent is evidenced by resurgence in the Nikkei-225 ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... 21/4 per cent by the end of 2021. Around half of the increase in inflation reflects the direct effect of higher import prices and the rest comes from the indirect effects of a tighter labour market and stronger economic conditions." The AUD is key to ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... volumes fall and imports increase. "This is consistent with a higher purchasing power of domestic residents and lower import prices; for a given level of production, they can now afford to consume more imports." The RBA will cut one more time in 2020. ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... for greater policy accommodation. Apart from boosting US export competitiveness, a lower dollar would also raise import prices that, in turn, would flow through to higher consumer price inflation. But it hasn't. Instead, the US dollar strength has ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... pressure on the New Zealand dollar could see imported inflation remain soft." The annual growth in New Zealand's import prices nearly halved to 3.6% in the year to the March quarter from 7.1% in the December 2018 quarter. The NZ$/US$ exchange rate ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... least for now, isn't happening. Prices at the factory gates remain unchanged at 2.2% in the year to April and import prices have actually fallen by 0.2% in the year to April from a small 0.1% lift in the previous month. The drop in 10-year Treasury ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... core unchanged at 2.2%; headline PPI down to 2% from 2.5% over the same period; core PPI down to 2.6% from 2.7%; import prices down by 1.7% after falling by 0.6% in the year to December. US consumers may have larger real income to spend but declining ...
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