The Consumer Price Index (CPI) leapt to 4.6% in the year to March, from 3.7% the previous month, marking the highest rate of ...

New data released on Wednesday will be “make or break” for another interest rate hike next week.

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

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 ...

Data ​from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ⁠out on ⁠Wednesday showed ⁠its consumer ​price index (CPI) jumped 1.4% in the ​first quarter, ⁠the sharpest rise since late 2023. Annual CPI inflation ...

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

Australia’s inflation rate surged 1.1% in March, driven by a record jump in fuel prices, making an interest rate hike next Tuesday more likely. The consumer price index (CPI), released today, rose to ...

The RBA’s higher-rate stance, oil-driven inflation risks, and China’s weak recovery are shaping the outlook for AUDUSD and ...

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 ...

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