At 3.9 percent, Australia’s core prices remain well above target, driven largely by non-discretionary spending such as insurance, education and housing. The job market remains in good shape with unemployment at 4.2 percent.

Australia's central bank on Tuesday held interest rates steady as expected and reiterated that policy needed to stay tight, sticking to its guns a week after the Federal Reserve started its easing campaign with a bang.

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates steady, deepening a split with global counterparts including the Federal Reserve that are loosening policy as they grow increasingly confident that inflation is under control.

The Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent at its September meeting and kept all options open in its fight against inflation.

At its September meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia held its cash rate at 4.35%, matching market expectations and maintaining borrowing costs for the seventh consecutive meeting.

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