Inflation

Inflation comes in lower than expected, with prices rising just 0.6 per cent over the December quarter and 4.1 per cent over the past year.

Australian consumer price inflation slowed more than expected to a two-year low in the fourth quarter, while a sharp deceleration in core inflation prompted ...

“The lower-than-expected December quarter consumer price index result should effectively kill off any lingering chance of an RBA rate hike next week,” said ...

The ACTU welcomes new data released by the ABS today which shows that inflation is slowing and the Albanese government's plan to tackle cost of living ...

Inflation in Australia is falling faster than expected, deepening expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates on hold when it ...

The drop in inflation is bolstering Labor's belief that the economic narrative is turning in its favour and there will be no more interest rate rises.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but took a major step towards lowering them in coming months in a policy statement that ...

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it was keeping interest rates at their current levels amid improving consumer confidence and a declining inflation ...

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The Reserve Bank board can start its new more open era of two-day long meetings and a Governor's press conference next week on a note of cautious optimism.

Lucrezia Reichlin believes that recent US and European data may hold useful lessons for responding to future price volatility.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but took a major step towards lowering them in coming mont.

We might be safe from further interest rate rises but most Australians are still doing it tough and keeping their purses closed.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has been fighting off demands for monetary policy easing for a year now. He has held the line and come out on top.

The boss of Australia's largest independent retailer says that while easing inflation will allay rate hike fears, premium products still aren't selling.

The Reserve Bank will soon start considering interest rate cuts after better-than-expected inflation figures show price pressures rapidly easing.

The US central bank took a major step towards lowering interest rates in coming months in a statement that tempered inflation concerns with other economic ...

Both the quarterly and the monthly CPI indicators for December have now come in lower than forecast — and much lower than expected by the Reserve Bank in its ...

The ABS has revealed the smallest quarterly rise in the CPI since 2021. The latest data on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Australian Bureau of ...

The central bank dropped a prior reference to “additional policy firming” but gave no support to market expectations that it will soon reduce interest rates ...

Inflation has fallen to its lowest rate in two years, with experts now predicting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will leave rates on hold at next ...

Inflation has fallen for the fourth successive quarter. Australia's annual inflation rate fell to 4.1% in the December quarter of 2023, down from 7.8% in...