The new CPI spending weights suggest that inflation will be 0.2 percentage points lower than otherwise over the next two years and therefore support our view that underlying inflation will stay below the 2-3% target rate until 2020. This will make it even harder for the RBA to raise interest rates before late in 2019.
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