Australia CPI Consumer Price Index December 1998

CPI Australia December of 1998

December of 1998 CPI went up in Australia

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in December of 1998 was 1.5%, 1 tenth higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.4%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 1998 is 1.5%

We must highlight the increase of 1.1% in the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, until its interannual rate reached 4.1%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Communication of -1%, and an interannual variation of -2.6%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia December 1998

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.5%	1.5%	0.4%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	4.1%		1.1%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	2.1%		0.2%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-0.8%		-0.1%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	1.5%		0.7%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.2%		0.1%
Health [+]	4.1%		-0.6%
Transport [+]	-1.7%		-0.3%
Communication [+]	-2.6%		-1.0%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.0%		1.0%
Education [+]	6.0%		0%
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Australia: CPI annual

	1997	1996
CPI (overall index) [+]	-0.3%	1.5%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	1.5%	3.1%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	1.9%	3.8%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.3%	0.4%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	-8.8%	-2.7%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.1%	1.8%
Health [+]	5.4%	4.9%
Transport [+]	-0.4%	1.8%
Communication [+]	0.5%	-1.4%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.0%	0.4%
Education [+]	6.6%	5.8%