John Hawkins is a former economic analyst and forecaster in the Reserve Bank and Australian Treasury. Inflation has fallen for the fourth successive quarter. Australia’s annual inflation rate fell to ...

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 ...

Australia's consumer prices rose 3.2% in the third quarter, the strongest gain in more than a year. The increase topped the 2.1% rise in the second quarter and came in above the 3% forecast by ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's central bank on Tuesday left its cash rate steady as expected at 3.60%, saying recent data suggested inflation might be higher than forecast in the third quarter and that ...

At 2.4% year-on-year, Australia’s headline inflation rate in the first quarter was in line with our expectations and remained unchanged compared to the last quarter. Inflation readings across most ...