‘Dodged a bullet’: inflation eases to 3.8%, reducing chances of interest rate rise for Australia’s mortgage holders

Australian inflation eased to three point eight percent year-over-year, down from four percent, The Guardian reports, reducing the chances of an interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia. The better-than-expected figure means mortgage holders are likely to avoid another rate increase when the RBA meets on August eleventh.

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