Australian Inflation Wobbles Lower But…

January 31, 2024 • 00:08:43
Australian Inflation Wobbles Lower But…
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Australian Inflation Wobbles Lower But…

Jan 31 2024 | 00:08:43

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Show Notes

The ABS released the quarterly inflation read today, together with the monthly update. Overall the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 per cent in the December 2023 quarter, lower than the 1.2 per cent rise in the September 2023 quarter and 4.1 per cent annually, This was the smallest quarterly rise since the March 2021 quarter. The RBA’s preferred measure of underlying inflation (the trimmed mean), which strips out irregular or temporary price changes, rose 4.2 per cent annually, down from 5.1 per cent in the September quarter. Remember of course this still means that prices continued to rise for […]

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