CPI – ricardian ambivalence

Q1’19 CPI, the RBA and May

The case for the RBA to cut their cash rate at their 7 May meeting has been beaten up by

Today we have Australian Q2 CPI. My best guess is that Q2 headline CPI will be around 0.25%qoq, which will

Looking at the detail of Q1’13 CPI, inflation does look low — but CPI is very lagged to the cycle,

With Q1’13 CPI much lower than anticapited the obvious question is if the RBA will respond by cutting rates in

[note this is the third in a series looking at the indicators for Q1’13 Australian CPI: we have also looked

Around this time of each quarter, I keenly anticipate the release of the NZ CPI data. Over time, experience has

The Q4’12 inflation data was a little lower than most expected, with the core ~0.55%qq (mkt median was ~0.7%qq). This