The rise in headline inflation to back within the RBA’s 2-3% target range for only the first time in 15 months was only possible because of a leap in petrol prices. There is hardly any price pressure elsewhere and, with underlying inflation having fallen back below 2.0%, there is little need for the RBA to raise interest rates soon. Rates may not rise until late in 2019, if not sometime in 2020.
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