Australia Inflation Rate, Quarter on Quarter

How much consumer prices changed in the quarter.

1.3%

+0.7pp vs Q2 2026

Q3 2026 · Quarterly data

Not seasonally adjusted

Matches the latest releaseNot refreshed recently, awaiting the next release

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Inflation Rate, Quarter on Quarter

Q2 2000 to Q3 2026

Source: OECD live prices system · CPI, all items, price index, change on the previous quarter.

Australia Inflation Rate, Quarter on Quarter in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Australia, the inflation rate, quarter on quarter was unchanged over the year to Q3 2026, from 1.3% in Q3 2025.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 0.2% in Q4 2024 to 2.1% in Q1 2022.

Its average since Q2 2000 is 0.7%, and the latest reading is above that.

How this series is defined

Everything you need to check the figure against the source.

Source
OECD
Series
live
Frequency
Quarterly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Q3 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Australia's CPI is published quarterly, so a quarter on quarter change is the shortest basis its source supports; no monthly rate is synthesised from it.

Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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