Inflation
New Zealand pricing, wage expectations pose inflation threat
A net 84% expect to pay higher wages over the next year
Australia’s inflation tops forecasts, core at 16-month high add to rate hike risk
Australia’s central bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points earlier this month to 3.85 per cent
Japan’s services inflation steady, signals wage-driven price pressure
The Bank of Japan has signalled its readiness to keep hiking borrowing costs if prices continue to rise
Two Federal Reserve officials do not see imminent need to change monetary policy
TWO Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday signalled no near-term appetite to change the setting of central bank interest rate policy.
Bank of Korea likely to hold rate as inflation tame, growth steady
Inflation projections are broadly expected to remain near the bank’s 2% target
ECB‘s Lagarde sticks with ‘good place’ mantra
[FRANKFURT] Euro zone inflation and the European Central Bank’s interest rate policy remain in a “good place,” ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday, repeating her long standing guidance, whi...
Japan’s core inflation slows to 2-year low, complicates BOJ rate-hike timing
A separate index seen as a better indicator of underlying inflation also falls, but remains well above central bank’s 2% target
Philippine central bank faces huge uncertainty in policymaking, says governor
[MANILA] Philippine central bank Governor Eli Remolona on Friday reiterated that policymakers face a “large element of uncertainty” which could complicate decision-making. The Philippine central bank ...
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.
UK inflation hits its lowest in nearly a year at 3%
British inflation has run higher than in the United States and in the euro zone
