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Australia Inflation Rate (CPI)

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2022

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2022: 3.5% for Q4 2021, above the 3.2% forecast and up from 3% in Q3 2021. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 3.5%, above the 2–3% target band. It was released on Tue 25 Jan 2022 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
3.5%
Q4 2021
Forecast
3.2%
The market consensus
Previous
3%
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) 25 January 2022: 3.5% for Q4 2021 against a 3.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
25 Jan 2022Q43.5%3.2%3%
27 Oct 2021Q33%3.1%3.8%
28 Jul 2021Q23.8%3.8%1.1%
28 Apr 2021Q11.1%1.4%0.9%
27 Jan 2021Q40.9%0.7%0.7%
28 Oct 2020Q30.7%0.7%-0.3%
29 Jul 2020Q2-0.3%-0.4%2.2%
29 Apr 2020Q12.2%2%1.8%
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%
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