Given these conditions, the moderation in inflation that has been under way for the past two years is probably now close to ending. Recent information suggests underlying inflation running at about 2½ per cent, with the CPI inflation rate a little higher due mainly to increases in tobacco taxes. Both results were helped somewhat in the latest quarter by unusual softness in food prices. Inflation is likely to rise over the next few years. This outlook, which is largely unchanged from the Bank's earlier forecasts, assumes some tightening in monetary policy.
上麵是ｒｂａ的ｓｐｅｅｃｈ．
政府過去２年大手筆地花錢，不夠！一方麵是借，一方麵提高煙酒的稅，增加收入，即使食品價格偏軟，油價變化不大，也要加。
