Monthly Statistical Bulletin
2.4 Consumer price index
Quarter	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Consumer price index (a)
September	149.8	155.7	158.6	166.5	168.6
December	150.6	155.5	160.1	166.0	169.5
March	151.9	155.6	162.2	166.2
June	154.3	157.5	164.6	167.0
Annual average	151.7	156.1	161.4	166.4
Consumer price index quarterly change – per cent
September	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.2	1.0
December	0.5	-0.1	0.9	-0.3	0.5
March	0.9	0.1	1.3	0.1
June	1.6	1.2	1.5	0.5
Consumer price index annual change (b) – per cent
September	3.0	3.9	1.9	5.0	1.3
December	2.8	3.3	3.0	3.7	2.1
March	3.0	2.4	4.2	2.5
June	4.0	2.1	4.5	1.5
Annual average	3.2	2.9	3.4	3.1
Underlying inflation annual change (c) – per cent
September	2.6	2.9	3.0	4.8	3.5
December	2.4	2.9	3.7	4.4	3.4
March	2.7	2.8	4.3	4.2
June	2.9	2.8	4.4	3.9
Annual average	2.6	2.8	3.8	4.3
(a) All groups, eight capital cities index.  Base: 1989–90 = 100.0.
(b) Referred to as the 'headline' inflation rate.
(c) The average of the Reserve Bank of Australia weighted median and trimmed
mean price inflation measures. Referred to as the 'core' inflation rate.
Source: ABS, Consumer price index, Cat. no. 6401.0
								Update
								28 April 2010