Australia Consumer Prices (Q2)

The rise in Australia's headline consumer price inflation in the second quarter will not trouble the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), given that it largely reflects a rebound in petrol prices. Instead, further evidence that underlying price pressures are easing raises the chances of the RBA cutting rates again, possibly even at its meeting next month.

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