The Melbourne Institute's inflation measure for Australia rose by 0.6% in April 2025, a slight dip from March's high but the ...

Core inflation in Australia slowed to a three-year low in the first quarter as costs in the services sector cooled markedly, ...

This was higher than the Reuters expectations of a 2.3% climb, and unchanged than the 2.4% rise in the last quarter of 2024.

Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the market was justified to expect more interest rate cuts after annual core inflation ...

The key trimmed mean measure of core inflation increased by 0.7% in the quarter, again above forecasts of a 0.6% gain. The ...

Australia's producer prices, as measured by the final demand PPI, grew by 0.9% in the first quarter of 2025. This was a ...

Wesfarmers chief Rob Scott will be sticking with the mantra of ‘everyday low prices’ as the Perth conglomerate behind Kmart, ...

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 is on track to open higher ahead of the release of inflation data that economists expect will support a central-bank interest-rate cut next month.

John Hawkins was previously a senior economist in the Reserve Bank. Stephen Bartos does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

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 ...

Read our advice disclaimer here. Australia’s core inflation has fallen below 3% for the first time in three years, increasing the chances of a May interest rate cut. According to the latest ...

"It's a useful reminder of just how distorted Australia's inflation figures are due to attempts to reduce cost-of-living pressures. And it's also why it is so important to focus on underlying ...