the Australian core inflation rate rose by 0.4 per cent, from four to 4.4. In that time, in Sweden it went down by 2.3 percentage points; in the UK it went down by 1.6; in Norway it went down by 1.4; in Canada it went down by 0.8; in New Zealand it went down by 0.7; in the Euro area it went down by 0.5; in the US it went down by 0.5; and in Switzerland it went down by 0.3. And, in each of the last four months, the Australian core inflation rate has gone up. Dr Jim is running out of spin.