Australian Inflation Accelerates in Policy Bind for RBA: Economy
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Australia’s core consumer prices gained more than economists forecast last quarter, sending the Australian dollar to its highest in two weeks and creating a hurdle to further monetary policy easing.
The trimmed mean gauge rose 0.8 percent from the previous quarter, the Bureau of Statistics said, compared with the median forecast of 25 economists for a 0.6 percent gain.