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Australian November CPI 2.3% y/y (vs. expected 2.2%)

November CPI 2.3% y/y vs. expected 2.2% and prior 2.1% Trimmed mean (a measure of core inflation) 3.2% y/y vs. prior 3.5% That lower trimmed mean, a guide to underlying (core) inflation is encouraging. AUD/USD dips a little on the release. *** As background top this I posted…

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AUD/USD towards 0.6220 after encouraging CPI data

The monthly CPI data is not the critical piece of information, that is the quarterly data due on January 29. Still, though, there is encouragement from the November data, with the core rate having a chunk taken out of it: Australian November CPI 2.3% y/y (vs. expected 2.2%)…

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