Australia CPI Consumer Price Index December 2008

CPI Australia December of 2008

Fewer December of 2008 CPI in Australia

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in December of 2008 was 3.7%, 13 tenths less than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been -0.3%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2008 is 3.7%

We must highlight the increase of 2.1% in the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, until its interannual rate reached 5.6%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Transport of -6.9%, and an interannual variation of -1.3%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia December 2008

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	3.7%	3.7%	-0.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	5.6%		2.1%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	5.8%		1.3%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.2%		0.4%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.4%		0.8%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.4%		0.3%
Health [+]	4.9%		-1.3%
Transport [+]	-1.3%		-6.9%
Communication [+]	0.6%		0.4%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.3%		0.6%
Education [+]	4.7%		0%
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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%