Australia’s inflation edged higher in October as the consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to October 2025, up from 3.6 per cent in September, according to the first release of the complete monthly CPI from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).Annual goods inflation was 3.8 per cent, up from 3.7 per cent in the 12 months to September. The main contributor was electricity (+37.1 per cent).
Australia's CPI rose to 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to October 2025, up from 3.6 per cent in September.
Annual goods inflation also reached 3.8 per cent, driven largely by a 37.1 per cent jump in electricity prices.
Underlying inflation strengthened, with the trimmed mean rising to 3.3 per cent from 3.2 per cent, signalling persistent pressure.
"Trimmed mean inflation for the complete monthly CPI was 3.3 per cent in the 12 months to October 2025, up from 3.2 per cent in the 12 months to September 2025," Michelle Marquardt, ABS head of prices statistics, said in a media release.
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