The Reserve Bank of Australia faces renewed pressure to consider lifting interest rates after inflation came in hotter than expected in the September quarter, dealing a fresh blow to the Albanese government’s cost of living pitch to voters.
Trimmed mean inflation – the RBA’s preferred measure of underlying inflation – increased to 3.7 per cent in September from 3.6 per cent in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
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