The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ decision to scrap a long-running inflation expectations survey that helps inform Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate decisions is disappointing but, unfortunately, not surprising.As deputy economics editor Michael Read reports, the peak union body has discontinued the survey, which began in 1996 and asked union officials to assess the inflation outlook.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles