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Australia Inflation Rate (CPI)

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 29 January 2020

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 29 January 2020: 1.8% for Q4 2019, above the 1.7% forecast and up from 1.7% in Q3 2019. It is the highest reading since Q4 2018. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 1.8%, below the 2–3% target band. It was released on Wed 29 Jan 2020 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
1.8%
Q4 2019
Forecast
1.7%
The market consensus
Previous
1.7%
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) 29 January 2020: 1.8% for Q4 2019 against a 1.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
29 Jan 2020Q41.8%1.7%1.7%
30 Oct 2019Q31.7%1.7%1.6%
31 Jul 2019Q21.6%1.5%1.3%
24 Apr 2019Q11.3%1.5%1.8%
30 Jan 2019Q41.8%1.7%1.9%
31 Oct 2018Q31.9%1.9%2.1%
25 Jul 2018Q22.1%2.2%1.9%
24 Apr 2018Q11.9%2%1.9%
31 Jan 2018Q41.9%2%1.8%
25 Oct 2017Q31.8%2%1.9%
26 Jul 2017Q21.9%2.2%2.1%
26 Apr 2017Q12.1%2.2%1.5%
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