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Years in the making, the first complete monthly inflation report is almost here

  • Written by John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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A new “complete” monthly consumer price index (CPI) will be released next week, and will become Australia’s primary measure of inflation.

This new release will finally bring Australia into line with the other advanced economies in the Group of 20, which all publish inflation data every month. It will make it easier to compare...

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