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Consumers Price Index: March 2008 quarter
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Highlights


  • The Consumers Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7 percent in the March 2008 quarter. 

     
  • Food prices increased 1.8 percent, with the main contribution coming from higher prices for grocery food, in particular cheese.


  • Housing and household utilities prices rose 1.0 percent, driven by higher prices for actual rentals for housing.

 

  • Transport prices rose 0.8 percent, driven by higher prices for petrol.



  • Prices for recreation and culture fell 1.2 percent.


  • The CPI increased 3.4 percent for the year to the March 2008 quarter.

     

 




Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician		 15 April 2008
ISSN 1178-0452

There is a companion Media Release published  – Consumers Price Index: March 2008 quarter.

 



  Consumers Price Index: March 2008 quarter (pdf)



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