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SUMMARY:Australia CPI November 2026
DESCRIPTION:Next Australia CPI: Wednesday\, November 25\, 2026 at 11:30 am AEDT (7:30 pm ET\, 12:30 am London). Covers October 2026 data. \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\n3.8% YoY\, trimmed mean 3.6% (June 2026\, latest confirmed)\nActual\nPending\n\nFull schedule and background: Australia CPI. \nUpdated August 25\, 2026 \n\n← Previous Australia CPI\nAustralia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October 2026 is released on Wednesday\, November 25\, 2026\, at 11:30am AEDT\, which is 7:30pm ET on November 24\, 2026\, and 12:30am in London on November 25. The figures are published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and cover price movements in October 2026. Full background and the release schedule for this series are on the Australia CPI hub page. \nWhat is Australia’s CPI?\nThe Consumer Price Index measures the average change in prices paid by households for a fixed basket of goods and services\, including housing\, food\, transport\, health and education. It is Australia’s main gauge of inflation\, the rate at which the cost of living rises over time. \nSince November 2025 the ABS has published a complete monthly CPI\, replacing the earlier “monthly indicator” and the quarterly-only series that Australia used for decades. This brought Australia into line with other G20 economies\, which mostly already published monthly inflation data\, according to the ABS. \nAlongside the headline figure\, the ABS publishes trimmed mean inflation\, a measure that strips out the most extreme price rises and falls each month. Economists and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) watch trimmed mean closely because it filters out one-off shocks\, such as a fuel price spike or an electricity rebate ending\, to show the underlying trend in prices. Basis points\, a term used across financial markets\, means one hundredth of one percentage point\, and is commonly used to describe small changes in inflation or interest rates. \nWhen is the October CPI released?\nThe ABS publishes the October 2026 CPI on Wednesday\, November 25\, 2026\, at 11:30am AEDT (7:30pm ET\, November 24\, and 12:30am in London on November 25). The release appears on the ABS website under Consumer Price Index\, Australia\, alongside detailed tables covering housing\, food\, transport and other categories. The ABS release calendar lists the following report\, covering November 2026 data\, for January 6\, 2027\, with the December 2026 figures due January 27\, 2027. \nWhat is the consensus forecast?\nA consensus forecast for the October 2026 CPI has not yet been published this far ahead of the release. Economists’ forecasts\, typically compiled by Reuters and Bloomberg polls\, tend to appear in the days immediately before each ABS release. \nThe most recently confirmed ABS print available at the time of writing was for June 2026. Annual CPI inflation was 3.8% in the 12 months to June 2026\, down from 4.0% in the 12 months to May 2026\, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Trimmed mean inflation was 3.6% in the 12 months to June 2026\, unchanged from May. Readers should check the ABS release for July\, August and September 2026 prints\, published in the months before this event\, for the most current prior figure. \n\n\n\nMeasure\nPrior (12 months to May 2026)\nLatest confirmed (12 months to June 2026)\n\n\n\n\nHeadline CPI\, annual\n4.0%\n3.8%\n\n\nTrimmed mean\, annual\n3.6%\n3.6%\n\n\n\nWhat the result could mean\n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nWhat it means in plain English\n\n\n\n\nAbove consensus\nTraders would likely push back expectations for RBA rate cuts\, and the Australian dollar could strengthen\, according to typical market reaction patterns economists describe around upside inflation surprises\nPrices are rising faster than expected. Borrowing costs may stay higher for longer\, which affects mortgage rates and business loans\n\n\nIn line with consensus\nMarkets would likely see limited reaction\, with the RBA’s existing policy path treated as broadly on track\nInflation is behaving as expected\, so there is less pressure for an immediate change in interest rates\n\n\nBelow consensus\nInvestors may bring forward bets on RBA rate cuts\, and the Australian dollar could weaken against major currencies\nPrices are cooling faster than expected\, which could eventually mean cheaper borrowing but also signals a softer economy\n\n\n\nThese are possibilities discussed by market commentators\, not predictions. Actual market moves depend on the detail within the release\, including services inflation and housing costs\, not just the headline number. \nWhy does this release matter right now?\nThe RBA has kept a close watch on the transition to the complete monthly CPI as its main tool for judging progress against its 2 to 3% inflation target. Through the first half of 2026\, annual headline inflation moved between roughly 3.7% and 4.0%\, staying above that target band\, based on the ABS’s published series of monthly reports. Trimmed mean inflation\, the RBA’s preferred underlying measure\, held in a narrower range around 3.3% to 3.6% over the same period\, according to the ABS. \nThe ABS decided to postpone its usual annual reweighting of the CPI basket to January 2027 rather than introduce it mid-2026\, judging that household spending patterns had not shifted enough to justify an earlier update\, the ABS said. From February 2027 the CPI release date itself will move slightly earlier in the month\, to the fourth Wednesday rather than the final Wednesday\, following user feedback the ABS gathered during 2026. \nBecause Australia’s inflation data now arrives every month rather than every quarter\, each release carries more weight for near-term expectations of RBA policy meetings\, and is watched by currency traders in Asia\, bond investors\, and central banks elsewhere assessing how commodity-exporting economies are managing price pressures. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\n\nMortgages and rates: If inflation surprises to the upside\, Australian variable mortgage holders may face a longer wait for RBA rate cuts\, keeping monthly repayments higher. A softer reading could revive hopes of cheaper home loans.\nSavings: Higher-than-expected inflation can support returns on term deposits and savings accounts if the RBA holds rates steady for longer\, but it also erodes the real value of cash sitting in low-interest accounts.\nJobs and wages: Persistent inflation above the RBA’s target can squeeze real wages if pay rises fail to keep pace\, a concern for households in Australia and\, indirectly\, for global firms with Australian operations.\nPrices: The housing and electricity components have been the largest drivers of Australian inflation through 2025 and 2026\, according to ABS commentary\, so households may notice this most in energy bills and rent.\nInvestments\, pensions and currencies: A hotter than expected print can lift the Australian dollar and unsettle bond markets\, with knock-on effects for pension funds holding Australian assets and for UK\, European and Asian investors exposed to Australian equities or the currency.\n\nRelated events\n\nPrevious release: Australia CPI\, October 2026 data release\nFull schedule: Australia CPI hub page\nNext scheduled report: Australia CPI for November 2026 data\, due January 6\, 2027\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time is the October 2026 Australia CPI released?\nThe ABS publishes the report at 11:30am AEDT on November 25\, 2026\, equivalent to 7:30pm ET on November 24\, 2026\, and 12:30am in London on November 25. \nHow should I read the headline CPI figure versus trimmed mean?\nThe headline figure shows the total change in prices across the basket\, while trimmed mean strips out extreme movements to show the underlying trend that the RBA relies on most when setting interest rates. \nHow does this release affect RBA interest rate decisions?\nThe RBA reviews the latest CPI data ahead of its policy meetings. Inflation running persistently above its 2 to 3% target band tends to argue against rate cuts\, while a clear slowdown can open the door to easier policy\, according to the RBA’s stated approach to its target. \nWhere can I find the official release?\nThe full report\, including detailed tables\, is published on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website under Consumer Price Index\, Australia. \nWhen is the next Australia CPI release after this one?\nThe following report\, covering November 2026 data\, is scheduled for January 6\, 2027\, with the December 2026 data due January 27\, 2027\, according to the ABS release calendar. \n← Previous Australia CPI
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