{
  "id": 3858301,
  "title": "Housing inflation is a persistent thorn in the RBA’s side",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/housing-inflation-is-a-persistent-thorn-in-the-rbas-side",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:00:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/housing-inflation-is-a-persistent-thorn-in-the-rbas-side/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This week’s stronger-than-expected CPI inflation print from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has economists tipping near-term interest rate hikes. To recap, the policy-relevant trimmed mean inflation printed at 3.6% year-over-year, above forecasts of 3.5%: The monthly and quarterly pace of trimmed mean inflation has also accelerated: Australia now has one of the strongest-growing trimmed…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}