Australia CPI Consumer Price Index December 1978

CPI Australia December of 1978

Australians CPI goes down to 7.6%

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in December of 1978 was 7.6%, 2 tenths less than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 2.3%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 1978 is 7.6%

We must highlight the increase of 17.8% in the prices of Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, until its interannual rate reached 20%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Furniture, household equipment and maintenance of 1.2%, and an interannual variation of 5.7%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia December 1978

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	7.6%	7.6%	2.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	10.2%		3.5%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	20.0%		17.8%
Clothing and footwear [+]	7.2%		2.4%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.4%		1.9%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	5.7%		1.2%
Transport [+]	8.9%		3.3%
Communication [+]	3.2%		1.3%
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Australia: CPI annual

	1977	1976
CPI (overall index) [+]	9.4%	14.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	11.4%	12.8%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	5.0%	5.3%
Clothing and footwear [+]	10.5%	16.0%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	9.8%	13.6%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	10.1%	7.9%
Transport [+]	9.2%	7.6%
Communication [+]	1.3%	1.2%