Fears grow for fourth rate hike after higher than expected July inflation rate

ABS says CPI was 3.5% in July, casting doubt on Reserve Bank meeting its 2.5% inflation target without further hike Fears are growing that the Reserve Bank will hit millions of mortgage holders with a fourth rate hike this year, after inflation eased in July but by far less than expected. Consumer prices climbed by 3.5

Inflation is continuing to cool with the annual headline rate rising to 3.5 per cent in July, but some economists say it has increased the risk of another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia this year.

Rudi Suardi/Getty Images Easing inflation may give mortgage holders a reprieve on further repayment increases for now – but maybe not for long. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.5% in the year to July, down from 3.8% in the year to June. But that was a smaller fall than had been predicted. The Reserve Bank of Austr

TOKYO, Aug 26 : A key gauge of Japan's service-sector inflation rose 3.6 per cent in July from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday, reinforcing the central bank's view that a tight labour market is pushing firms to pass rising costs on to consumers.The increase in the services producer price index, which tracks th

But experts warn of surge in food prices to come due to energy crisis and drought