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Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... said inflation is "no longer just sticky" but rather it is "starting to look stubborn". "While today's fall in headline inflation to 4% is encouraging, what is worrying and presents a real warning sign, is the trimmed mean inflation lifting from 3.4% ...

Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... impact on consumers, with the increase in the cost of filling cars with fuel flowing directly through to higher headline inflation in Australia. Indirectly, a rise in oil prices will impact the cost of producing and distributing goods and services. Domestically ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... investing in that, while watching credit and not chasing the credit widening," Grotzinger says. While there will be headline inflation from oil, markets are in a very different place to where they were in 2022 which means different reactions from central ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... in the "high fours or even higher" this year. "These effects add a further quarter of a percentage point to headline inflation and double the negative impact on GDP," Chalmers said. "In the short-term case, output would be 0.2% lower around the middle ...

Inflation could surge above 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... either of these events," Bloxham said. "The rise in oil prices related to the Middle East conflict will increase headline inflation but will also weaken growth - as it is a negative supply shock. Core inflation should not rise much, and the central bank ...

Persistent inflation will mean two rate hikes from RBA: Barrenjoey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... McMenamin attributed sticky housing inflation and expansionary financial conditions as the main drivers in the headline inflation figures. Inflation had eased gradually from its pandemic peak in late 2022, falling to 2.7% in the June quarter of 2025. ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... preferences of the President." The timing coincides with US inflation data, which was released overnight, showing headline inflation rose by 0.3% in December, with the all-items annual rate holding at 2.7%, in line with forecasts and a strong indicator ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... back in November. "After a steady climb over the second half of last year, it changed course in November, with headline inflation dropping to 3.4%, and trimmed mean - the RBA's preferred measure of inflation - coming in at 3.2%," Hannah said. "Had inflation ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... was running at more than 4% in October and at more than 3.5% annualised over the past three months. "Monthly headline inflation surprised on the upside, despite electricity prices falling 10.2% in October alone," Smith said. "This result follows September ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... above expectations, a rate cut in December may still be on the cards. "As electricity price rebates roll off, headline inflation was always expected to bounce in the September quarter. Another bounce is expected in the March quarter of 2026. Neither ...
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