Aug 24, 2026 – 5.00amThe Australian Council of Trade Unions has pulled a survey relied on by the Reserve Bank board in its interest rate deliberations after the central bank called out the union movement’s inflation expectations as too high, in the latest sign of tension between the organisations.In the minutes of its June 15 to 16 meeting, the RBA monetary policy board noted that while most longer-term measures of inflation expectations aligned with its 2 to 3 per cent target, the union survey measure did not.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
ACTU cuts RBA data access after inflation warning
The peak unions body has cut off the central bank’s access to a long-running survey of its members, in the latest sign of tension between the two organisations.
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