{"id":502761,"date":"2026-02-25T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502761\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:43:08","slug":"surprise-inflation-surge-sparks-fresh-interest-rate-fears-the-courier-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502761\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise inflation surge sparks fresh interest rate fears &#8211; The Courier Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxOMmxEcVhISGxjcUxKa0hzQjdPTHhmTFl1bDhMZDg0YjNVT0VibHRFWlprOW9aYVZlU01Sa3RYNkNQZ0N2MWpGVGROR25uWmIyZHlyeVljR0d4aE93aDVYdVU5U3ZyWktGV0U0dnRDZWJvc256RFVVWEM3aWFOdENGRGhDUE91a3oxclNIOFMyYlZKUEVkSW83SEM0OU4xNVUwZEtoMl9LaENZU2V2cGZqNDBrT0I5QVBNNzhQNFFrRnNfVUlnaEhmVFQ1VGlaWWpCdE5XZE0zS0lBaVRKX1djeW9LYW5OQmhLUWxoUndjcmdGWF9DWkRZWGtYVVNvdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Surprise inflation surge sparks fresh interest rate fears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQNWx3TGlfTmFnNHFyN3U0ellrbC0xSjJDam1lWTYwMFZEZmFfU3JBeHVCSlJrclQ2TE9Odzg3NWJxWGF3dU9oVkc4NkJOQVV2YUxWS3d3TE4xZEF5SldXMVlRZFJUU0Mxa0h5S3FoVkNZWGRTd2E5a0M1MGpFc0x1U2Mtb1VFNF9vN1VILTZQeUc1ZGZIcE1MZEFYcW9MUXZ5YWtkTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inflation slightly hotter than expected, keeping rate hike on table<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia news live: power bills up by nearly a third in the year to January; software firm WiseTech to cut 2,000 jobs as AI changes sweep in<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOM2pfN2NaVE1uaFd6cURXYWRHQ25nUmZobktPMXRPcEYzc2pQelcyM0FaQkdjRUtnN2ttNkhjcHJtNHJFcjFXcHVBaGYzc3dfcVZjM3dVcnlIUEd5SjNQOXRHZVZNbkMzdTZKNWs4a09McjFDcDlSeTFtWTJSay1FX0JfdXBPTVFYTWtCNnNnWjZ1b3ZoTldpQVpxYlJ3TFhFcjFqTXFjS21vbGU2X3VHMHlLeE9MQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Soaring electricity bills and housing costs drive stubborn Australian inflation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;realestate.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNYnlmZUYzcWNlYWZwZ2FRS1VodUVuNXhhN3R1ekJVZ2ltQmY0X2FwQ3dJWFA2dTRkd2hKX2d3TXA4cHN1QmFYb1M3aFZ1dlV2VHUxUVlhSnByQ29zWjVJUXVyYnBQSFBLR01VVUt1cEVTd0xiRjNnY21aTENDSlMzQjFOcmlYczJGNUt4Qzdld1R1YW9ONmlWbkhqdTdrN004NzJrLUtnRzlTMG5zZ05qcVJ1UV82SlhrcHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rate rise risk for March looms large after inflation surprise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surprise inflation surge sparks fresh interest rate fears&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier MailInflation slightly hotter than expected, keeping rate hike on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-502761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}