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RBA Glossary definition for inflation

inflation – A measure of the change (increase) in the general level of prices.

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Why Has Retail Inflation Been So Low?

16 Jun 2016 Bulletin – June 2016
Alexander Ballantyne and Sean Langcake
Inflation in the price of retail goods has been surprisingly low for a number of years. The considerable depreciation of the Australian dollar over this period by itself would typically have led to higher retail inflation. This article considers
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/jun/2.html

Measuring ‘Underlying’ Inflation

10 Aug 1994 Bulletin – August 1994
This article discusses some of the conceptual issues involved in deriving measures of ‘underlying’ inflation. ... Bulletin. , appearing as Table G.1. Graph 5. Table 1: Consumer Price Inflation.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1994/aug/1.html

The Implications of Recent Changes to the Consumer Price Index for Monetary Policy and the Inflation Target

10 Oct 1998 Bulletin – October 1998
In expressing a numerical target for inflation from 1993, the Bank followed the same practice. ... various underlying measures of inflation have usually been quite similar to those of the CPI.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/oct/1.html

Measures of Inflation Expectations in Australia

15 Dec 2016 Bulletin – December 2016
Angus Moore
Inflation expectations have an important influence on wage growth and price inflation. Expectations differ across agents and time and, accordingly, the Reserve Bank monitors a range of measures. This article discusses why inflation expectations are
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/dec/3.html

Measures of Underlying Inflation

10 Mar 2010 Bulletin – March 2010
Tony Richards and Tom Rosewall
Movements in oil prices also often have a significant effect on CPI inflation. ... Graph 2. Table 1: Measures of Consumer Price Inflation. Quarterly correlation; 2001–2009.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/mar/2.html

The Determinants of Non-tradables Inflation

18 Sep 2014 Bulletin – September 2014
David Jacobs and Thomas Williams
This article examines the factors that explain inflation in prices of non-tradable items in the CPI. Non-tradable goods and services by definition have relatively little exposure to international competition. Consequently, their prices are more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/sep/4.html

Underlying Consumer Price Inflation in China

7 Dec 2017 Bulletin – December 2017
Iris Day
Underlying inflation measures seek to look through the volatility often inherent in headline inflation, and can be useful for assessing inflationary pressures in a given economy. This article describes new trimmed mean measures of underlying
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/4.html

Inflation Expectations in Advanced Economies

16 Mar 2017 Bulletin – March 2017
Rachel Adeney, Ivailo Arsov and Richard Evans
Anchored inflation expectations are important for price stability because expectations affect current actions. Although all inflation expectations measures provide some information about future inflation, professional forecasters have been the most
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/4.html

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18 Apr 2024 Bulletin
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The Future of Inflation Targeting

10 Nov 2004 Bulletin – November 2004
In recent years the number of inflation-targeting countries has continued to grow. ... In other words, what matters more is the existence of an inflation target.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2004/nov/3.html