Australia has recorded the second highest core inflation rate among advanced economies, adding pressure to the RBA to lift ...

Australia’s headline inflation is now expected to peak at around 4.25% in the middle of the year, below the 5% forecast in the federal budget released in May, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing ...

This was lower than the 2.2% expected by economists polled by Reuters. It is almost touching the lower band of the 2%-3% target set by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The most significant price rises ...

The most significant price rises this quarter were in housing, education, as well as food and non-alcoholic beverages. The inflation figure was higher than the Reuters expectations of a 2.3% climb, ...

One of Australia's big four banks has hiked its fixed rate home loans just weeks after forecasting interest rates could hit the highest level since the Global Financial Crisis. It comes as the Reserve ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian consumer prices jumped by the most in 2-1/2 years in the September quarter as electricity and travel costs climbed, while a shockingly large increase in the core inflation ...

The country has the equal-highest core inflation rate among major developed economies and the second-highest across all ...

Australia's annual inflation remained at 3.8% in January 2026, higher than the expected 3.7% and outside the central bank's target of 2–3%. Services inflation decreased to 3.9%, partly due to lower ...

Australia’s annual inflation edged down to 3.7% in February 2026, compared with market forecasts of 3.8%, which were also in line with the prior two months. However, inflation remains above the ...

The most recent ABS inflation data for the month of August put headline inflation at 3% and trimmed mean inflation—the ...

SYDNEY—Australia’s inflation continued to ease in the second quarter, raising bets that the central bank will deliver its third interest rate cut next month. Consumer prices rose 0.7% ...