-- 受燃料和房屋成本上漲的衝擊，澳洲3月份消費者物價指數（CPI）進一步高於央行目標，這可能為澳洲儲備銀行（RBA）進一步升息鋪平道路。 澳洲統計局（ABS）週三公佈的數據顯示，3月澳洲CPI年增4.6%，高於2月的3.7%，創下自2023年9月以來的最高水準。 ABS補充道，光是3月CPI就比2月上漲了1.1%。 澳洲儲備銀行設定的CPI年度通膨目標區間為2%至3%，今年已兩度升息以抑制通膨。 ABS表示，3月澳洲消費者面臨的住房成本年增6.5%，交通費用較去年同期上漲8.9%，主要是因為汽車燃油價格飆漲32.8%所致。 然而，澳洲統計局（ABS）表示，另一項衡量消費者價格的指標——經截尾平均的年通膨率——在截至3月份的12個月內維持在3.3%不變。通常，經截尾平均的通膨率剔除了價格波動兩端的異常值。 澳洲儲備銀行（RBA）計劃下週再次召開會議，討論貨幣政策。 截至週二，甚至在澳洲統計局發布通膨報告之前，RBA利率追蹤器就已預測，央行將利率從4.10%上調至4.35%的可能性高達76%。
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