Goldman’s excellent Andrew Boak is still on point. Australia’s recent CPI data showed that core inflation is now tracking well within the RBA’s 2-3% target band, with six-month annualised growth in the trimmed-mean measure decelerating 25bps to 2.5%. Compositionally, a range of wage-sensitive services items showed significant disinflation, offsetting stickiness in some government-linked administered prices.
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