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• Singapore’s High Cost of Living Comes at a Cost

  

  As rising prices threaten high living standards, this Asian financial hub may be at risk of becoming a victim of its own success.

• Pressure Piles on Bank of Japan as Inflation Slips

  

  Japan's core consumer prices slipped for a second straight month in the year to December, signaling the economy was still in deflation and piling more pressure on the central bank to adopt further stimulus steps to achieve its new inflation target.

• UPDATE 1-Japan CPI dips, piles pressure on BOJ

  TOKYO, Jan 25- Japan's core consumer prices slipped for a second straight month in the year to December, signalling the economy was still in deflation and piling more pressure on the central bank to adopt further stimulus steps to achieve its new inflation target.

• Japan core CPI falls 0.2 pct year/year in December

  TOKYO, Jan 25- Japan's core consumer prices fell 0.2 percent in December from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, down for a second straight month as the economy struggles to shake off years of deflation.

• Australia Inflation Surprisingly Tame in Q4

  

  Australian consumer price inflation was unexpectedly benign last quarter thanks to falls in food, electronics and drugs, suggesting there was still plenty of scope for further rate cuts even if there was no urgency for a move as early as next month.

• WRAPUP 1-U.S. CPI points to soft inflation, helps give Fed room

  WASHINGTON, Jan 16- U.S. consumer prices were flat in December, pointing to muted inflation pressures that should help give the Federal Reserve room to prop up the economy by staying on its ultra-easy monetary policy path. The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index was unchanged last month, held back by a drop in gasoline prices.

• US CPI points to soft inflation, could help Fed keep policy easy

  WASHINGTON, Jan 16- U.S. consumer prices were flat in December, pointing to muted inflation pressures that should help give the Federal Reserve room to prop up the economy by staying on its ultra-easy monetary policy path. The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index was unchanged last month, held back by a drop in gasoline prices.

• CPI Flat in December 

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli reports the Consumer Price Index was in line with expectations; up 0.1 percent excluding food and energy. Also, CNBC's Steve Liesman weighs in on the inflation indicator. And CNBC's Kayla Tausche provides and update from JPMorgan's conference call.

• Investor Attacks Krugman Inflation 'Propaganda'

  

  Monetary easing by the Federal Reserve may not have led to inflation in the U.S. yet but it continues to divide opinion. Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff hit back at economist Paul Krugman on Thursday after the Nobel Laureate derided him in a New York Times column.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares retreat after China CPI, yen slides

  *MSCI Asia ex- Japan slips from near highest since Aug 2011. TOKYO, Jan 11- Asian shares fell on Friday as a pick-up in Chinese inflation prompted profit taking but underlying sentiment was supported by an improving outlook for global economies, while the yen slid on renewed expectations for bold monetary easing in Japan.

• Egypt consumer inflation climbs to 4.7 pct in year to Dec

  CAIRO, Jan 10- Egypt's urban consumer inflation rose to 4.7 percent in the 12 months to December from an annual 4.25 percent in November, Egypt's statistics agency CAPMAS said on Thursday. The consumer price index for December was 125.7, it said. The index for December 2011 was 120.3, CAPMAS said last year.

• UPDATE 3-Chile Dec CPI flat, annual inflation below cbank range

  SANTIAGO, Jan 8- Chile's consumer price index was flat in December, slightly below market expectations, as lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices offset increases in the housing, water, electricity and gas sectors, the government said on Tuesday.

• Japan core CPI falls 0.1 pct year/year in November

  TOKYO, Dec 28- Japan's core consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in November from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, in a sign of the persistent deflation that Japan's new prime minister has pledged to conquer with aggressive fiscal and monetary policy.

• FACTBOX-Understanding the 'chained CPI' for Social Security

  President Barack Obama' s latest offer for a "fiscal cliff" resolution includes a change in the way annual payment increases for Social Security are calculated for inflation. The following is a description of the "chained" consumer price index switch and how the president's proposal could affect the roughly 56 million Social Security beneficiaries.

• FOREX-Dollar falls vs yen after U.S. CPI data

  *Investors expecting big LDP win in Japan election on Sunday. NEW YORK, Dec 14- The dollar surrendered early gains and fell against the yen on Friday after a U.S. report on inflation showed prices fell in November for the first time in six months, which should allow the Federal Reserve to stay on its ultra-easy monetary policy path.

• WRAPUP 1-U.S. consumer prices post first drop in six months

  *Consumer price index falls 0.3 percent on gasoline. WASHINGTON, Dec 14- U.S. consumer prices fell in November for the first time in six months, pointing to muted inflation pressures that should allow the Federal Reserve to stay on its ultra-easy monetary policy path as it nurses the economy back to health.

• US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Futures briefly turn negative after CPI data

  NEW YORK, Dec 14- U.S. stock index futures briefly tua9160reuff. b f BC-MARKETS-USA- STOCKS/DA 12-14 0114. NEW YORK, Dec 14- U.S. stock index futures briefly turned negative after data showed consumer prices fell in November for the first time in six months, pointing to muted inflation pressures.

• CPI Down 0.3% in November 

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman break down the latest consumer numbers and its impact on the markets.

• UPDATE 1-China 2013 GDP growth seen at 8 pct -state think tank

  SHANGHAI, Dec 14- A state think tank has forecast China's GDP growth next year at around 8 percent and projects the consumer price index to rise around 3 percent, the official China Securities Journal reported on Friday.

• TABLE-Breakdown of China's November CPI

  BEIJING, Dec 9- The National Bureau of Statistics published on Sunday the following breakdown of China's consumer price index for November. For a story, please click on:. Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec.