Australia inflation slows to 3-yr low in Aug, core still above target


SYDNEY: Australian consumer price inflation slowed to a three-year low in August thanks to government rebates on electricity and a drop in petrol, while core inflation hit its lowest level since early 2022 in a sign costs were cooling.

Market reaction was restrained as the central bank had already said it would look through the decline in headline inflation, which is not enough to justify rate cuts in the near-term.

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