Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he was pleased to see inflation retreating in Australia, but cautioned that cost of living pressures remained nationwide.
Australian inflation slowed to an eight-month low in February, data out this week showed, due partly to a fall in holiday travel and accommodation prices, boosting the case for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to pause its rate-hike cycle when it meets on Tuesday.
“It was pleasing the results, the trend going in the right direction this week with the figures but we know cost of living pressures are there,” Albanese told reporters in Melbourne.
Source : Australian PM Deems Recent Inflation Figures ‘Pleasing’ Despite Cost of Living Pressures