# What to Watch This Week: Inflation and Australian Consumer Confidence

> The week’s economic calendar included China’s October CPI and PPI releases, along with Australian consumer- and business-confidence surveys following the RBA’s rate hike to 4.85%. The article also reported that gold, iron ore and copper prices were lower, while oil prices were slightly higher at the start of the week.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T03:10:47.461Z
- Category: macro · region China, Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/88564-what-to-watch-this-week-inflation-and-australian-consumer-confidence
- Commodities: [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese inflation and producer-price data can provide signals about demand and pricing in a major commodity-consuming economy, while Australian confidence readings may indicate how the RBA’s rate increase is affecting domestic demand. The article does not identify a specific feed-commodity supply or demand shift.

## Sources

- mining.com.au: https://mining.com.au/what-to-watch-this-week-inflation-and-australian-consumer-confidence/

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