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ABS CPI December quarter 2009 up 0.5%
The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 0.5% in the December quarter 2009, compared with a rise of
1.0% in the September quarter 2009.
The most significant price rises this quarter were for fruit (+15.9%), domestic holiday travel and
accommodation (+6.6%), house purchase (+1.0%), rent (+1.0%) and beer (+2.1%). The most
significant offsetting price falls were automotive fuel (–2.8%), audio, visual and computing
equipment (–7.1%) and pharmaceuticals (–5.3%).
The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 2.1% through the year to December quarter 2009, compared
to an annual rise of 1.3% to September quarter 2009.
Further information is available in Consumer Price Index, Australia (cat no. 6401.0).
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