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Monday, 3 April 2023

Inflation gauge drops away...

Inflation is beyond peak

The Melbourne Institute released its inflation gauge, and it dropped from 6.3 per cent to 5.7 per cent.


Source: Shane Oliver, AMP

The trimmed mean reading also fell to 5.2 per cent, further confirming that inflation peaked last year.

ANZ-Indeed reported that job ads peaked in September 2022 and have fallen -7.2 per cent since.


As such, the Reserve Bank of Australia will almost certainly be pausing interest rate hikes tomorrow, according to market pricing.