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Australia Inflation Rate (CPI)

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2017

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2017: 1.5% for Q4 2016, below the 1.6% forecast and up from 1.3% in Q3 2016. It is the highest reading since Q4 2015. 6 of the last 9 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 1.5%, below the 2–3% target band. It was released on Wed 25 Jan 2017 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
1.5%
Q4 2016
Forecast
1.6%
The market consensus
Previous
1.3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A downside surprise can weaken the Australian dollar by bringing rate cuts closer, particularly if inflation is moving sustainably toward target.

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2017: 1.5% for Q4 2016 against a 1.6% forecast, with the last 9 releases
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The last 9 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
25 Jan 2017Q41.5%1.6%1.3%
26 Oct 2016Q31.3%1.1%1%
27 Jul 2016Q21.0%1.1%1.3%
27 Apr 2016Q11.3%1.8%1.7%
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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