Migration boom won’t be inflationary

Concerns that the ongoing surge in net overseas migration to Australia will fuel demand-pull inflation are overblown, especially with the population still below its pre-virus trend. To the contrary, a migrant-led expansion of the workforce should help take some of the heat out of the extremely tight labour market.

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