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No cigar for CPI:

JUNE KEY FIGURES

Mar Qtr 2017 to Jun Qtr 2017
Jun Qtr 2016 to Jun Qtr 2017
Weighted average of eight capital cities
% change
% change

All groups CPI
0.2
1.9
Food and non-alcoholic beverages
-0.2
1.9
Alcohol and tobacco
0.8
5.9
Clothing and footwear
-0.3
-1.9
Housing
0.3
2.4
Furnishings, household equipment and services
0.7
0.0
Health
2.7
3.8
Transport
-0.6
2.1
Communication
-0.5
-3.8
Recreation and culture
-0.6
-0.1
Education
0.0
3.3
Insurance and financial services
-0.1
2.1
CPI analytical series
All groups CPI, seasonally adjusted
0.4
1.9
Trimmed mean
0.5
1.8
Weighted median
0.5
1.8

And this was with weather disruptions. Rate hikes my butt. AUD down:

Much more to come.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.