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Australia Inflation Rate (CPI)

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 29 October 2025

Australia Inflation Rate (CPI) 29 October 2025: 3.2% for Q3 2025, above the 3% forecast and up from 2.1% in Q2 2025. It is the highest reading since Q2 2024. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 3.2%, above the 2–3% target band. It was released on Wed 29 Oct 2025 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
3.2%
Q3 2025
Forecast
3%
The market consensus
Previous
2.1%
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 October 2025: 3.2% for Q3 2025 against a 3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
29 Oct 2025Q33.2%3%2.1%
30 Jul 2025Q22.1%2.2%2.4%
30 Apr 2025Q12.4%2.3%2.4%
29 Jan 2025Q42.4%2.5%2.8%
30 Oct 2024Q32.8%2.9%3.8%
31 Jul 2024Q23.8%3.8%3.6%
24 Apr 2024Q13.6%3.4%4.1%
31 Jan 2024Q44.1%4.3%5.4%
25 Oct 2023Q35.4%5.3%6%
26 Jul 2023Q26%6.2%7%
26 Apr 2023Q17%6.9%7.8%
25 Jan 2023Q47.8%7.5%7.3%
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