Australia CPI Consumer Price Index March 2010

CPI Australia March of 2010

Australia: CPI goes up in March of 2010

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Australia in March of 2010 was 2.9%, 8 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 1%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2010 is 1%

We must highlight the increase of 5.5% in the prices of Education, until its interannual rate reached 5.7%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Clothing and footwear of -4.3%, and an interannual variation of -1.8%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Australia March 2010

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.9%	1.0%	1.0%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	0.7%		1.0%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	3.6%		1.3%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-1.8%		-4.3%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.1%		1.4%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	1.4%		-1.3%
Health [+]	5.1%		4.7%
Transport [+]	4.1%		1.3%
Communication [+]	0.1%		-0.1%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.2%		-1.0%
Education [+]	5.7%		5.5%
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Australia: CPI annual

	2009	2008
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.1%	3.7%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	1.9%	5.6%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	3.2%	5.8%
Clothing and footwear [+]	2.1%	0.2%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	5.5%	6.4%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	3.6%	0.4%
Health [+]	4.7%	4.9%
Transport [+]	1.2%	-1.3%
Communication [+]	0.6%	0.6%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.0%	1.3%
Education [+]	5.6%	4.7%