Inflation expectations lowest in 3 years

Consumer inflation expectations fall

Yes, the economy is sluggish, but the central bank might just have played a blinder on its battle with inflation.

As the monthly inflation gauge looks set to drop towards 2 per cent, consumer inflation expectations have also now dropped to the equal lowest level since three years ago, in September 2021:

Chart via CommSec:

The medicine seems to be working!

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In other news, housing values increased more modestly over the past month, with house prices nationally up +0.4 per cent (driven by strong gains in Perth, Brisbane, and Adelaide), and unit prices up +0.6 per cent (with solid increases in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney). 

Source: CoreLogic

Rents increased only marginally over the September quarter, confirming that inflationary pressures here are easing.

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