Australia CPI Consumer Price Index March 1979

CPI Australia March of 1979

Australia: CPI goes up in March of 1979

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in March of 1979 was 8%, 4 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 1.8%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 1979 is 1.8%

We must highlight the increase of 2.9% in the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, until its interannual rate reached 12.8%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Communication of -0.9%, and an interannual variation of 2.5%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia March 1979

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	8.0%	1.8%	1.8%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	12.8%		2.9%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	18.9%		0%
Clothing and footwear [+]	6.4%		0.5%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.3%		1.4%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	6.6%		1.8%
Transport [+]	9.2%		2.3%
Communication [+]	2.5%		-0.9%
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Australia: CPI annual

	1978	1977
CPI (overall index) [+]	7.6%	9.4%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	10.2%	11.4%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	20.0%	5.0%
Clothing and footwear [+]	7.2%	10.5%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.4%	9.8%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	5.7%	10.1%
Transport [+]	8.9%	9.2%
Communication [+]	3.2%	1.3%