consumer price index

Malaysia’s January CPI rises 1.6% y/y, matching forecast

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.6 per cent in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday.

Economists expect inflation to pick up for a while this year, citing the pass through from import duties as well as the dollar’s depreciation last year.

US consumer prices rise less than expected in January

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% last month after an unrevised 0.3% gain in December

The official forecast ranges for 2026 will be updated in the upcoming monetary policy statement, which will be released on Jan 29.

Singapore’s 2025 core inflation averages 0.7%, down from 2.8% in 2024

December’s core and headline inflation stayed unchanged at 1.2%

China's CP1 rose 0.8 per cent from the same month in 2024, matching expectations in a Reuters poll.

China’s consumer inflation hits near 3-year high, factory-gate deflation eases

[BEIJING] China’s annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, driven by rising food prices, but the full-year rate slumped to the lowest in 16 years while producer defl...

Services inflation edged up 1.9% in November, against October’s 1.8%, due to larger increases in the costs of point-to-point transport services and health insurance.

Singapore’s core, headline inflation hold steady at 1.2% in November

Official forecasts for 2025 also remain unchanged, at 0.5% for core inflation and 0.5% to 1% for headline inflation

The increase in the Tokyo CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, followed a 2.8 per cent gain in October.

Core inflation in Japan’s capital brings BOJ closer to a rate hike

[TOKYO] Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital stayed well above the central bank’s 2 per cent target in November as firms continued to pass on rising costs mainly for food, data showed on Friday,...

Retailers like Walmart say they are seeing costs rising as they replenished stock at post-tariff price levels, something they expect to continue for the rest of the year.

US consumer prices rise slightly less than expected in September

[WASHINGTON] US consumer prices increased slightly less than expected in September, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next week. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 ...

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed its monthly consumer price index rose 3.0 per cent in August compared to a year earlier, up from 2.8 per cent in July and just above median forecasts of 2.9 per cent.

Australia’s monthly CPI rises 3.0% y/y in Aug, core cools

[SYDNEY] Australian consumer prices rose at the fastest annual pace in a year in August, but a key measure of core inflation eased back and kept the door open to a further cut in interest rates.