Australia CPI Consumer Price Index September 2008

CPI Australia September of 2008

Australians CPI increased up to 5% year-on-year in September of 2008

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in September of 2008 was 5%, 6 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 1.2%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2008 is 4%

We must highlight the increase of 2.5% in the prices of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, until its interannual rate reached 6.7%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Furniture, household equipment and maintenance of -0.8%, and an interannual variation of 0.9%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia September 2008

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	5.0%	4.0%	1.2%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	3.4%		1.4%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	5.8%		1.5%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0%		-0.7%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.7%		2.5%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.9%		-0.8%
Health [+]	5.2%		-0.2%
Transport [+]	8.6%		1.0%
Communication [+]	0.2%		0.2%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.6%		1.3%
Education [+]	4.7%		-0.5%
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Australia: CPI annual

	2007	2006
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.9%	3.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	1.1%	8.5%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	3.5%	3.5%
Clothing and footwear [+]	1.6%	-2.1%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	4.9%	3.2%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-0.9%	1.9%
Health [+]	4.1%	5.3%
Transport [+]	5.5%	1.1%
Communication [+]	0.4%	1.6%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.1%	2.4%
Education [+]	4.1%	4.9%