CPI in detail: Bullhawks be damned!

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the December quarter 0f 2018, which registered both soft headline and underlying inflation.

According to the ABS, headline CPI rose by 0.5% in the December quarter, 0.1% above the September quarter’s 0.4%:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.