Data
UK inflation touches BoE’s target
Alignment with goal expected to be short lived but opens door to rate cuts later in year
Start small to secure resources for AI, central bankers say
Data-driven results could demonstrate GenAI’s usefulness, Summer Meetings hear
Bank of England: time for fourth-generation forecasting tools?
Economists suggest ways to improve BoE’s framework ahead of Bernanke’s report
BoE plans upgrades to data collection process
Overhaul includes work on validation, communications with firms and common data standards
Global house prices close to bottoming out, BIS stats show
Economists puzzle over absence of sharper correction
ECB paper examines household inflation differences
French and German consumer data shows heterogeneity is driven by product choice, research finds
Fed paper presents new way to measure consumer welfare
Consumer preferences change in line with incomes, researcher argues
MAS bolsters efforts on transition finance
Central bank issues new taxonomy and will work on phasing out coal
Lower eurozone inflation fuels rate cut speculation
Some analysts expect start of easing cycle earlier in 2024
German inflation falls to 2.3% in November
Falling energy prices lower inflation in the eurozone’s main economy
Japanese inflation increases to 3.3% in October
Food, energy and services inflation boost price increases
BIS unveils new data portal
Bank will hold training courses for journalists wishing to access statistics
European Commission lowers 2023 GDP growth forecast
EC expects eurozone economy to expand by 0.6% this year
Eurozone consumers’ 12-month inflation expectations increase
Median expectations for inflation rose to 4% in September from 3.5% in August
New Zealand to publish new monthly price data
Central bank says the new data will be valuable for policy-making
Eurozone budget deficit declined in 2022
Government imbalances declined to 3.6% of GDP from 5.2% in 2021
BoE should ‘step up’ data analysis, review says
Independent Evaluation Office urges central bank to embrace cloud and explore AI
Little progress in latest US CPI report
Headline figure was 3.7% in September, unchanged from August, but core inflation fell
Mexican inflation slows slightly
Headline inflation remains over target, as analyst warns food and fuel prices could rise
Eurozone industrial activity likely to decline, analysts say
French and Spanish increase is unlikely to offset German contractions, observers argue
Eurozone inflation expectations remain stagnant
Consumers’ 12-month expectations remain unchanged at 3.4%
House prices suffer steepest fall since global financial crisis
BIS data shows sharp falls in many advanced economies, though prices are still up on 2010
US wage expectations rising, says NY Fed labour market survey
Both lowest acceptable transitionary wage and expected salary hit series highs
China’s new lending slumps to lowest since 2009
Analysts believe PBoC has limited room to cut interest rates amid current yuan weakness