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Australia's Reserve Bank has reported Australia's CPI figure for the March quarter 2006 to the March quarter 2007 as 2.4%.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics provided the following analysis in relation to the figure:
The most significant price rises this quarter were for pharmaceuticals (+12.8%), house purchases (+1.0%), secondary education fees (+7.1%) and rent (+1.4%). The most significant offsetting price decreases were fruit (-33.8%), with banana prices returning to the levels of March quarter 2006, furniture (-3.3%), overseas holiday travel and accommodation (-2.2%) and audio, visual and computing equipment (-2.4%).
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Year-ended percentage change
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Date
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Consumer price index
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Private
consumption
chain price
index
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Other consumer price
measures
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All
groups
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Excluding
volatile
items
|
Market prices excluding
volatile items
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Based on seasonally
adjusted quarterly
price changes
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Weighted
median
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Trimmed
mean
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Goods
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Services
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Total
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2003/04
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Mar
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2.0
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2.1
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1.1
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1.8
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1.3
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0.8
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2.6
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2.4
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Jun
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2.5
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1.9
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0.9
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1.9
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1.2
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1.3
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2.7
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2.5
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2004/05
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|
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Sep
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2.3
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1.8
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0.6
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2.4
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1.2
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1.6
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2.5
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2.4
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Dec
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2.6
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2.1
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1.2
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2.1
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1.4
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1.8
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2.6
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2.7
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Mar
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2.4
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2.4
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1.3
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2.8
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1.8
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1.6
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2.5
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2.6
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Jun
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2.5
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2.3
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1.5
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2.4
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1.8
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1.8
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2.5
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2.6
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2005/06
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Sep
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3.0
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2.4
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1.9
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2.2
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2.0
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2.2
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2.5
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2.6
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Dec
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2.8
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2.3
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1.5
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2.2
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1.8
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2.1
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2.5
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2.3
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Mar
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3.0
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2.2
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1.6
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1.9
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1.7
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2.5
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2.7
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2.6
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Jun
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4.0
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2.4
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1.5
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2.7
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2.0
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3.2
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2.9
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2.8
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2006/07
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Sep
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3.9
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2.6
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1.7
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2.9
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2.1
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3.0
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3.1
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2.9
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Dec
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3.3
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2.7
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1.7
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3.2
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2.3
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2.5
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3.0
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2.9
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Mar
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2.4
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2.5
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1.8
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2.8
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2.2
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2.7
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2.7
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Quarterly percentage change
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Date
|
Consumer price index
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Private
consumption
chain price
index
|
Other consumer price
measures
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All
groups
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Excluding
volatile
items
|
Market prices excluding
volatile items
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Based on seasonally
adjusted quarterly
price changes
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Weighted
median
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Trimmed
mean
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Goods
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Services
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Total
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2003/04
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Mar
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0.9
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0.5
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0.1
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0.1
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0.0
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0.9
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0.6
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0.6
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Jun
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0.5
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0.5
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0.4
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0.4
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0.4
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0.2
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0.7
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0.6
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2004/05
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Sep
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0.4
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0.5
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0.1
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0.8
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0.3
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0.3
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0.6
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0.6
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Dec
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0.8
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0.6
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0.6
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0.8
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0.7
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0.5
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0.6
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0.7
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Mar
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0.7
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0.8
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0.2
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0.8
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0.4
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0.7
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0.5
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0.5
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Jun
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0.6
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0.4
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0.6
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-0.1
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0.3
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0.3
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0.7
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0.7
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2005/06
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Sep
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0.9
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0.6
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0.5
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0.6
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0.6
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0.7
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0.6
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0.6
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Dec
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0.5
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0.4
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0.3
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0.9
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0.5
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0.4
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0.6
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0.5
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Mar
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0.9
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0.8
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0.3
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0.5
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0.3
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1.1
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0.8
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0.8
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Jun
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1.6
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0.6
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0.5
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0.7
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0.6
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0.9
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0.9
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0.9
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2006/07
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|
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Sep
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0.9
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0.8
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0.6
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0.8
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0.7
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0.5
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0.8
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0.7
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Dec
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-0.1
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0.5
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0.3
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1.1
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0.7
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0.0
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0.5
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0.5
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Mar
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0.1
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0.6
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0.3
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0.1
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0.3
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0.5
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0.5
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Calculations are based on published Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indices.
Estimates of CPI 'all groups' inflation rates excluding the effects of tax changes in 1999/2000 are also available.
Sources: ABS Cat Nos 5206.0 and 6401.0 and RBA.
For further information about the data contained in these tables refer to the 'Prices and Output (G Tables)' section of the RBA Bulletin Statistical Tables' Explanatory Notes.
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