Market View: US CPI declined month-on-month for the first time in over 2.5 years, Possibility of 25bps rate hike by US Fed, Bank of Korea’s rate increase and implications on imported inflation, China’s exports and Q4 GDP, Expectations for Singapore’s NODX for December

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · Jan 13, 2023 · 10m

We deep dived into the latest happenings in the US, South Korea, China and Singapore for today. In the US, consumer prices fell month-on-month for the first time in over two years, but to what extent does this provide a case for the Federal Reserve to go for a 25 basis point rate increase at the end of the month? Also, what would the implications be on the King dollar? Over in Asia, we’ve South Korea’s central bank action dominating headlines, but again, how would another rate hike affect the won and imported inflation? We’ll also take a quick look at several key data points out of China…