After trending downwards over the past two years, inflation has risen by 2.8% over the year to July, according to monthly ...

Inflation had picked up materially in the second half of 2025, and the conflict in the Middle East had resulted in sharply ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has been given more ammunition to lift interest rates next week after inflation soared in March.

The Reserve Bank will make the call next Tuesday. It’s expected to raise rates to crack down on inflation, before it becomes ...

Key inflation data on Wednesday is “make or break” for the central bank to hike interest rates again next week, Commonwealth ...

Data ​from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ⁠out on ⁠Wednesday showed ⁠its consumer ​price index (CPI) jumped 1.4% in the ...

SYDNEY—Australia’s consumer price growth remained elevated in the final quarter of 2025, strongly signaling that the central bank will raise interest rates next week, or run the risk that inflation ...

The first-quarter inflation figure was lower than the 4.2% expected by economists polled by Reuters.

Australian CPI came in at 4.6%, lower than the 4.8% feared. This is still significantly above the 2-3% target rate for the ...

Inflation has risen further above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 2–3% target. There is now a very real prospect the Reserve Bank will feel it needs to increase interest rates at its meeting next week ...