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Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 27 January 2016

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 27 January 2016: 1.7% for Q4 2015, above the 1.6% forecast and up from 1.5% in Q3 2015. Printed 1.7%, below the 2–3% target band. It was released on Wed 27 Jan 2016 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1.7%
Q4 2015
Forecast
1.6%
The market consensus
Previous
1.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An upside surprise, especially with persistent underlying inflation, can lift the Australian dollar meaningfully by shifting expected RBA rates higher.

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 27 January 2016: 1.7% for Q4 2015 against a 1.6% forecast, with the last 5 releases
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The last 5 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
27 Jan 2016Q41.7%1.6%1.5%
28 Oct 2015Q31.5%1.7%1.5%
22 Jul 2015Q21.5%1.7%1.3%
22 Apr 2015Q11.3%1.3%1.6%
28 Jan 2015Q41.7%1.8%2.3%
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