-- 受燃油和住房成本上涨的冲击，澳大利亚3月份消费者价格指数（CPI）进一步高于央行目标，这可能为澳大利亚储备银行（RBA）进一步加息铺平道路。 澳大利亚统计局（ABS）周三公布的数据显示，3月份澳大利亚CPI同比上涨4.6%，高于2月份的3.7%，创下自2023年9月以来的最高水平。 ABS补充道，仅3月份CPI就比2月份上涨了1.1%。 澳大利亚储备银行设定的CPI年度通胀目标区间为2%至3%，今年已两次加息以抑制通胀。 ABS表示，3月份澳大利亚消费者面临的住房成本同比上涨6.5%，交通费用同比上涨8.9%，这主要是由于汽车燃油价格飙升32.8%所致。 然而，澳大利亚统计局（ABS）表示，另一项衡量消费者价格的指标——经截尾平均的年通胀率——在截至3月份的12个月内维持在3.3%不变。通常，经截尾平均的通胀率剔除了价格波动两端的异常值。 澳大利亚储备银行（RBA）计划下周再次召开会议，讨论货币政策。 截至周二，甚至在澳大利亚统计局发布通胀报告之前，RBA利率追踪器就已预测，央行将利率从4.10%上调至4.35%的可能性高达76%。
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