Sentences with phrase «core inflation measures»

Core Inflation Measures and Statistical Issues in Choosing Among Them Mick Silver IMF Working Paper April 2006 http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2006/wp0697.pdf

In our latest white paper, Senior Portfolio Manager Duane McAllister explains how the recent boost in short - term yields not only allows investors to once again earn a reasonable nominal return on their money without needing to take significant duration risk, it also provides an opportunity to earn a positive real return, since core inflation measures remain below the Fed's 2.0 % target.

What you are seeing now with core inflation measures that are below headline inflation, and where they have been drifting down, is just a reflection of the excess capacity we have had over the last year.

However, our core inflation measures are all in the lower half of the target band and have been trending downward.

However, prices of services were only 1.0 percent higher, compared with a 1.5 percent increase in March Core inflation measures of inflation, which the ECB also looks to as a guide, were also below expectations.

The core inflation measure that many market economists look at, which also excludes the prices of alcohol and tobacco, also slipped to 0.7 percent from 1.0 percent in March.

Firming healthcare inflation should support the aggregate core inflation measure despite the more muted trends in core goods.

The Singapore central bank's core inflation measure rose 1.5 per cent, slightly lower than the 1.6 per cent increase in May.

Bill King points out: «Targeted inflation may be the headline CPI, or a derived core inflation measure.

Not exact matches

BoC Governor Mark Carney feels he doesn't have to raise rates because inflation, as measured by the core Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still within target.

He said the central bank will be spending time on investigating whether there is a better way to measure trend inflation than the core rate policy makers follow now.

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of U.S. inflation, the core personal consumption expenditures index, is seen stuck at 1.6 % for the year to September, exactly where it has been since March.

As the economy continues its rocky recovery, policy - makers are quick to point out that core inflation, the key measure upon which the Bank of Canada depends to set monetary policy and stave off destabilizing devaluations of currency, remains in check.

The report also said the average of the Bank of Canada's three measures of core inflation, which are designed to leave out the noise of more - volatile items like gasoline, was two per cent last month.

The core PCE index is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure.

The core PCE index is the Fed's preferred inflation measure.

The «measures» to which Poloz refers above are the three gauges of core inflation the central bank adopted last autumn to give it better view on where prices are headed.

The core PCE price index is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation.

In this sense, these core measures of inflation act as an operational guide to help the Bank achieve the total CPI inflation target.

Although a number of temporary factors are keeping headline inflation near its 2 per cent target, our measures of core inflation are in the lower half of the target band and have been trending downward in recent quarters.

The Bank's three measures of core inflation, taken together, continue to point to material excess capacity in the economy.

Measures of core inflation remain close to 2 per cent as the effects of past exchange rate depreciation and excess capacity continue to offset each other.

The Bank also monitors a set of «core» inflation measures that allow the Bank to «look through» temporary changes in total CPI and focus on the underlying trend of inflation.

The Bank's three measures of core inflation remain below two per cent and wage growth is still subdued, consistent with ongoing excess capacity in the economy.

And indeed here in the United States we look at a range of different measures of core inflation, for example, that take energy and food prices out of the overall index.

Measures of core inflation should remain close to 2 per cent.

Central bankers rely on the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index to measure inflation.

Measures of core inflation remain close to 2 per cent, reflecting the offsetting influences of past exchange rate depreciation and excess capacity.

Inflation as measured by the core personal consumption expenditures price index jumped to 1.5 percent in the first quarter, government figures showed on Thursday, a jump from 0.4 percent the prior quarter.

The monthly data series includes the latest estimate of core PCE inflation, which is the Fed's preferred measure of price growth.

Another point to remember is that swings in commodity prices can affect the normal relationship between the total inflation rate and the core measure of inflation that we use as an operational guide.

Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the uses and measures of core inflation in the conduct of monetary policy.

Given these complications, the Bank is looking at how we measure core inflation as part of our regular review of our inflation - targeting regime.

Next year, we will answer the question of whether the Bank should continue to focus on one pre-eminent measure of core inflation and, if so, whether our current core measure will remain in that role.

Our new measures of core inflation are all below 2 per cent presently, weighed down by excess capacity in the economy.

Euro zone inflation eased in June because of more moderate energy price rises, but the slowdown was less than expected by markets and the core measure of price growth the ECB keenly watches increased by more than anticipated.

Moreover, core inflation moved ahead of its level of 6 months ago, and leading economic measures continued to slip (though we don't see them as being indicative of recession risk at present).

Core PCE is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation.

The core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index, the Fed's favored measure of inflation, rose 1.4 % over the year.

Average core inflation for all of 2013, a measure that excludes the volatile price of fresh food, was 0.4 per cent, according to the interior ministry.

Various measures of core or underlying inflation, which are less affected by these temporary factors, are also gradually increasing, and over the year to September were around 2 per cent.

Headline and Core CPI tend to be reported on the news, however the CPI - W is more important to retirees than these two measures of inflation.

Various core measures of inflation point also to a gradual increase.

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Core inflation eliminates products that can have temporary price shocks because these shocks can diverge from the overall trend of inflation and give a false measure of inflation.

But in recent months both overall and core inflation have come down along with market and survey measures of inflation expectations.

Inflation measures for November were mixed, with a broad increase in producer prices but a moderation in the annual increase in the core Consumer Price Index, which fell a tenth to 1.7 %.

After a run of weak inflation reports stretching back several months, there was a slight uptick in the October reading of the Fed's favored inflation measure, the core personal consumption expenditures price index.

The Fed's preferred measure of inflation, core personal consumption expenditures (PCE), is stuck below 1.50 %.

Measures of core inflation have edged up in recent months, reflecting the continued absorption of economic slack.