June quarter core CPI less than expected; rate cuts back on the table

31 July 2024

 

Summary: Headline Inflation rate increases to 3.8% in June quarter, as expected; RBA preferred measure slows from 4.0% to 3.9%; ACGB yields plunge; rate-cut expectations harden; housing, food & beverages, main drivers of result. In the early 1990s, high rates of inflation in Australia were reined in by the “recession we had to have” as it became known. Since then, underlying consumer price inflation has averaged around 2.5%, in line...

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