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Australia Consumer Prices (Q2)

The RBA will probably look through the decline in headline inflation in the second quarter, especially given that underlying price pressures were slightly stronger than it had anticipated. That said, we believe underlying inflation will remain subdued for some time yet and as such we expect the RBA to keep interest rates on hold throughout 2017 and 2018.

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