Consumer Price Index December Quarter
Posted on : Friday, 27 January 2017
The latest Consumer Price Index data (December Quarter 2016) for
the All Groups CPI:
- Rose
0.5% in the December Quarter - compared with a rise of 0.7% in the
Sept. Quarter;
- Rose
1.5% through the last 12 months, compared with a rise of 1.3%
through the year to the September Quarter 2016.
OVERVIEW OF CPI MOVEMENTS
- The most significant price rises in the December
Quarter, were for tobacco (+7.4%) (due mainly to the effects of the
federal excise tax increase effective 1.09.16), automotive fuel
(+6.7%), domestic holiday travel and accommodation (+5.5%),
- The most significant offsetting price falls in the December
Quarter were international holiday travel (-2.6%), accessories
(-5.1%) and waters, soft drinks and juices (-3.2%).
- The food and non-alcoholic beverages group retained the most
significant positive contributor to the All groups quarterly
movement with rises in all eight capital cities (+2.8%), followed
by the transport group (+1.7%).
- Over the last 12 months to December quarter 2016, the All
Groups CPI had risen in all capital cities except Darwin with
Sydney and Canberra (+1.8%) with the largest positive movement.
Darwin was -0.4%.
CAPITAL CITY COMPARISON- Percentage
Change: (a) Previous Financial Year; (b) Previous Quarter of
Previous Year:
|
Period
|
Sydney
|
Melbourne
|
Brisbane
|
Adelaide
|
Perth
|
Hobart
|
Darwin
|
Canberra
|
ALL
|
|
(a) Percentage Change from Previous
Financial Year:
|
|
2012-13
|
2.6%
|
2.2%
|
2.0%
|
2.1%
|
2.2%
|
1.2%
|
3.1%
|
1.9%
|
2.3%
|
|
2013-14
|
2.5%
|
2.7%
|
2.8%
|
2.5%
|
3.0%
|
2.5%
|
3.7%
|
2.3%
|
2.6%
|
|
2014-15
|
2.0%
|
1.4%
|
1.8%
|
1.5%
|
1.8%
|
1.2%
|
1.4%
|
1.1%
|
1.7%
|
|
2015-16
|
1.5%
|
1.6%
|
1.6%
|
0.8%
|
0.9%
|
1.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
1.4%
|
|
(b) Percentage Change from corresponding
Quarter of previous year
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
|
2.6
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
2.5
|
1.8
|
3.9
|
2.2
|
2.4
|
|
Sept.
|
2.1
|
2.4
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
2.6
|
2.0
|
3.4
|
1.7
|
2.2
|
|
Dec.
|
2.6
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.3
|
2.9
|
2.6
|
4.4
|
2.3
|
2.7
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
|
2.8%
|
2.8%
|
3.1%
|
2.9%
|
3.1%
|
2.8%
|
3.6%
|
2.6%
|
2.9%
|
|
June
|
2.8%
|
3.2%
|
3.2%
|
3.1%
|
3.3%
|
2.8%
|
3.3%
|
2.2%
|
3.0%
|
|
Sept.
|
2.2%
|
2.0%
|
2.6%
|
2.1%
|
2.6%
|
1.9%
|
2.7%
|
2.0%
|
2.3%
|
|
Dec.
|
1.7%
|
1.4%
|
2.0%
|
1.7%
|
2.0%
|
1.1%
|
1.9%
|
1.2%
|
1.7%
|
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
|
1.6%
|
1.0%
|
1.4%
|
1.1%
|
1.4%
|
0.9%
|
0.8%
|
0.6%
|
1.3%
|
|
June
|
2.2%
|
1.1%
|
1.5%
|
1.2%
|
1.2%
|
0.6%
|
0.2%
|
0.8%
|
1.5%
|
|
Sept.
|
1.9%
|
1.4%
|
1.5%
|
1.1%
|
1.1%
|
1.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.6%
|
1.5%
|
|
Dec.
|
2.0%
|
1.9%
|
1.7%
|
1.0%
|
1.5%
|
1.8%
|
0.5%
|
0.7%
|
1.7%
|
|
2016
|
|
|
March
|
1.3%
|
1.7%
|
1.7%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
|
1.3%
|
-0.3%
|
1.0%
|
1.3%
|
|
June
|
0.9%
|
1.4%
|
1.5%
|
0.7%
|
0.5%
|
1.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.8%
|
1.0%
|
|
Sept.
|
1.7%
|
1.4%
|
1.5%
|
1.2%
|
0.5%
|
1.3%
|
0.0%
|
1.4%
|
1.3%
|
|
Dec.
|
1.8%
|
1.5%
|
1.6%
|
1.3%
|
0.4%
|
1.3%
|
-0.4%
|
1,8%
|
1.5%
|
* Catalogue 6401.0- Australian Bureau of Statistics
(25th January 2016)
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