Introduction
A review of the Consumers Price Index (CPI) will be implemented when the September 2008 quarter index is released on 21 October 2008. The review encompassed reselecting and reweighting the basket of representative goods and services, to ensure the basket continues to reflect household spending patterns.
This information paper includes:
- details of changes made to the basket of representative goods and services
- the new CPI expenditure weights
- details of how these weights were derived
- an analysis of the main changes in the weights.
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