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The Consumers Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the price change of goods and services purchased by private New Zealand households.
Often used as a measure of inflation, it covers prices for:
- food
- alcoholic beverages and tobacco
- clothing and footwear
- housing and household utilities
- household contents and services
- health
- transport
- communication
- recreation and culture
- education
- miscellaneous goods and services.
The CPI is produced quarterly from prices gathered in a range of surveys at 15 urban areas. Its base (=1000) is currently the June 2006 quarter.
Survey information
Consumers Price Index (CPI)
Latest releases
Consumers Price Index
Reports and articles
Consumers Price Index Retrospective Superlative Index, 2008 – information paper
Consumers Price Index: 2008 Review – information paper
Consumers Price Index Review: September 2006 – information paper
Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebase – article
Developments in price indexes – article
All about the Consumer Price Index (A Layperson's Guide) – report
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