Sky high living costs continue to crush household budgets, with a monthly inflation gauge picking up pace again.
The one per cent lift in the Melbourne Institute's monthly inflation gauge follows smaller increases in October and September.
In October, the index lifted by 0.4 per cent, and in September, increased by 0.5 per cent.
The gauge is sitting 5.9 per cent higher than in November last year.
Holiday, travel and accommodation costs lifted 14.6 per cent, suggesting demand for post-pandemic travel remains strong, with private motoring costs also adding 3.3 per cent to the index.
But consumers paid less for audio-visual and computing equipment, with this category sliding 3.4 per cent.
Core inflation, which excludes volatile items such as fuel and vegetables, lifted 0.7 per cent in November to sit 5.6 per cent higher than 12 months prior.
The institute's cost of living measure, which unlike the inflation index includes mortgage repayments, unsurprisingly increased across most consumer types given the seven interest rate rises since May.
Employees suffered the most, with the cost of living measure lifting by 1.1 per cent for the consumer type most sensitive to interest rate movements.
The stronger inflation reading for November follows a step down in annual inflation as captured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' monthly consumer price index from 7.3 per cent in September to 6.9 per cent in October.
Also on Monday, the ABS released its business indicators report for the September quarter, elements of which will feed into Wednesday's national accounts.
Company gross operating profits fell 12.4 per cent in the quarter, with wages and salaries lifting by 2.9 per cent over the three months.
Business inventories - stock on shelves and warehouses - rose by 1.7 per cent.
Zooming in on the construction industry, the Australian Industry Group and Housing Industry Association's construction activity index recorded a contraction in activity for the sixth month in a row.
The 48.2 reading for November was less depressed than the month before but still indicated a contraction as it was less than 50.
HIA economist Tom Devitt said the Reserve Bank's aggressive monetary tightening was weighing on the sector.
"The lags that characterise this cycle mean the full impact of the RBA's hikes to date won't be seen until the second half of 2023," he warned.
"Further hikes in 2023 would jeopardise the housing industry's 'soft landing' in 2024 and beyond."
The Reserve Bank board is due to make its December cash rate decision on Tuesday.
