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Australian Inflation Slows to Four-Year Low, Rate Cut Expectations Rise
Australias consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than four years during the June quarter, reinforcing market expectations for an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) next month.
Inflation slows again — but is it enough for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates?
Inflation is moving in the right direction, but new figures released today may not be soft enough to trigger a cut in official interest rates in August. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the June quarter consumer price index (CPI) data,
Interest rate cut ‘pretty much locked in’ after inflation slows, experts say
Economists say an interest rate cut next month is all but locked in and the Reserve Bank of Australia would find it ‘hard to justify’ another hold after latest figures showed slowed inflation.
Australia Q2 inflation surprises on low side, heralds rate cut
Australian consumer prices grew at the slowest pace in over four years in the June quarter, data showed on Wednesday, while core inflation hit a fresh three-year low and cemented market wagers for a cut in interest rates next month.
Australia's second-quarter inflation drops to lowest since March 2021, supporting case for rate cut
Australia’s headline inflation rate in the second quarter of the year slipped to its lowest point since March 2021, coming in at 2.1% year over year, compared to 2.4% in the preceding period. This was lower than the 2.
Cooling Australian Inflation Locks In August Rate Cut
Inflation continued to ease in the second quarter, raising bets that the Australian central bank will deliver a rate cut next month.
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Australia backs $283M Orica hydrogen plan as momentum slows
Australia has decided to back the $283 million Orica hydrogen plan. All the details about this plan as well as the long-term ...
RBA cleared to cut rates next month. Its next calls will be tougher
Cutting rates next month might be the easy call for the RBA. It’s what it does later this year, and into 2026, that investors ...
Australia's 'ancient enemy' returns sparking major Centrelink warning
The ancient enemy is coming back again. Long-term unemployment. As our economy weakens, more and more people are spending ...
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Slowing Australia Economy Vulnerable as World Growth Stalls
SYDNEY—Australia’s economy slowed sharply in the first three months of 2025, leaving it vulnerable to emerging weakness in world growth as the global trade war and a surge in geopolitical risk ...
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Australia unemployment spikes as trade tensions hinder hiring
MELBOURNE -- Australia's unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in June, its highest level since 2021, as a labor market buoyed by ...
‘A bit artificial’: Shock unemployment figure exposes cracks in Australia’s migration-fuelled NDIS jobs boom
Sky-high numbers of immigrants have been “absorbed” into taxpayer-funded industries like the NDIS in recent years in an ...
Asian Shares Mixed At Open Before Fed’s Meeting: Markets Wrap
Shares in Japan fluctuated at the open while those in South Korea and Australia were flat Wednesday after the S&P 500 snapped ...