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Consumer spending

Statistics about consumer spending include details about New Zealand households' weekly and annual spending on:

  • food
  • housing
  • services including health, education and finance
  • transportation
  • goods including books, tobacco, alcohol, computers and other personal items
  • clothing and footwear.

The Consumers Price Index (CPI) records changes to the prices of consumer items bought by New Zealand households, giving a measure of inflation. The CPI measures price changes for:

  • food
  • housing
  • personal and health care
  • recreation and education
  • transportation
  • tobacco and alcohol
  • credit services
  • household operation
  • apparel.

Latest releases

Consumers Price Index
Household Economic Survey

Reports & articles

Consumer expenditure (1990-2001) - article
Consumer expenditure (1998) - article
Purchasing Power Parities - article
Supermarket brand share analysis - article



Related links

Related datasets

Consumers Price Index
Household Economic Statistics

Tools

Inflation and the CPI