Australia’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped by 3.5% in the year to July, compared to a 3.8% increase seen in June, according to the data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday.
The market forecast was for 3.4% growth in the reported period.
Market reaction to the Australia’s monthly CPI inflation
At the time of writing, the AUD/USD pair is trading 0.10% lower on the day to trade at 0.6785.
Australian Dollar price today
The table below shows the percentage change of Australian Dollar (AUD) against listed major currencies today. Australian Dollar was the weakest against the New Zealand Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
| USD | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.15% | -0.04% | 0.06% | |
| EUR | -0.01% | 0.00% | -0.01% | 0.01% | 0.17% | -0.06% | 0.06% | |
| GBP | -0.02% | -0.01% | -0.03% | 0.01% | 0.15% | -0.06% | 0.05% | |
| CAD | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.16% | -0.05% | 0.06% | |
| AUD | -0.01% | -0.01% | -0.01% | -0.03% | 0.14% | -0.07% | 0.04% | |
| JPY | -0.16% | -0.16% | -0.17% | -0.17% | -0.14% | -0.21% | -9912.05% | |
| NZD | 0.04% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.23% | 0.11% | |
| CHF | -0.07% | -0.06% | -0.06% | -0.06% | -0.04% | 0.10% | -0.11% |
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