Yesterday’s monthly inflation number was softer than expected, easing fears of a February rate hike. Summing up, headline CPI was lower than Westpac had anticipated, coming in at 0.0% for the month as opposed to its projection of 0.4%. This puts Westpac’s current December quarter nearcast of 0.6%qtr for the Headline CPI and 0.8%qtr for
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