While the pick-up in inflation in April mostly reflects base effects from the excise duty cut a year ago, trimmed mean CPI picked up as well. With inflation set to overshoot the RBA’s forecasts this quarter, the Bank will continue to increase interest rates, perhaps as soon as next week.
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