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Tess Ikonomou

Rate watchers eye inflation data and RBA chief's speech

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock's speech will be dissected for clues on potential rate hikes. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Economists are awaiting key quarterly inflation data but expect the Reserve Bank to hold interest rates despite renewed fighting in the Middle East sending oil prices up again.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will on Wednesday publish the consumer price index's second quarter, which shows household inflation.

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