澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-10-28（在线收听）

 Good morning, everyone. Official inflation figures are due out today, and they are expected to show Australia’s sluggish economy is keeping a lead on the rising price of goods and services despite the lower Australian dollar. Now the consumer price index is tipped to rise by 7% in the September quarter, driving by rising cost for housing and utilities. That will see annual inflation rise to 1.7% which is below the Reserve Bank’s target. Most economists believe despite soft inflation and recent interest rate rises from the big banks, the RBA is still unlikely to cut interest rates this year. And talking by the big banks, National Australia Bank revealed its four-year profit later this morning which is expected to top 6 billion dollars. Now, NAB is also expected to unveil a multi-billion-dollar deal to sell most of its life insurance businesses. Yesterday, NAB shares were put in a trading halt after a Japanese newspaper reported that Nippon Life and Stock Base Company was poised by 80% of the business. According to market speculation, Nippon is expected to pay by 2.5 billion dollars but of course, we will have more details later this morning when those results come out.