Price Index News: CPI sources and methods articles

What's in the basket

• The consumers price index basket (October 2011) 
  A list of the goods and services in the 2011 and 2008 CPI baskets.
  
  
• The consumers price index basket (January 2009) 
  The types of goods and services in the 2008 CPI basket.
  
  
• The consumers price index basket (April 2008) 
  The types of goods and services in the 2006 CPI basket.

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CPI review information papers

• 2011 CPI review
  Information paper about the 2011 CPI review.
  
  
• 2011 food price index review
  Information paper about the 2011 food price index review.
  
  
• 2008 CPI review 
  Information paper about the 2008 CPI review.

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Food group

• Food prices in the consumers price index and food price index (July 2008)
  Sources and methods used to compile the CPI food group.

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Alcoholic beverages and tobacco group

• Alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the consumers price index (July 2010)
  Sources and methods used to compile the alcoholic beverages and tobacco group of the CPI.

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Clothing and footwear group

• Clothing and footwear in the consumers price index (October 2010) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the clothing and footwear group of the CPI.

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Housing and household utilities group

• Property rates and related services in the consumers price index (January 2011) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the property rates and related services subgroup of the CPI.
  
  
• Property maintenance in the consumers price index (April 2010)
  Sources and methods used to compile the property maintenance subgroup of the CPI. 
  
  
• Rented dwellings in the consumers price index (April 2008)
  Sources and methods used to compile rentals for housing in the CPI.
  
  
• Home ownership in the CPI (January 2008)
  Sources and methods used to measure home ownership costs in the CPI.
  
  
• Local authority rates in the consumers price index (October 2007)
  Sources and methods used to compile local authority rates in the CPI.
  
  
• How electricity price changes are measured in the consumers price index (April 2007)
  Sources and methods used to compile electricity prices in the CPI.

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Household contents and services group

• Household contents and services in the consumers price index (January 2011) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the household contents and services group of the CPI.

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Health group

• Health in the consumers price index (April 2011) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the health group of the CPI.

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Transport group

• Rail, road, and sea passenger transport services in the CPI (April 2012)   
  Sources and methods used to compile the rail, road, and sea passenger transport class-level indexes of the CPI.
  
  
• Updating the CPI used cars index hedonic model (April 2011) 
  An improved hedonic formulation will be implemented in the June 2011 quarter.
  
  
• Domestic and international air transport in the consumers price index (October 2009)
  Sources and methods used to compile the domestic and international air transport classes of the CPI.
  
  
• Vehicle fuels and lubricants in the consumers price index (September 2008)
  How the 'petrol' class and the 'other vehicle fuels and lubricants' class of the CPI are compiled.
  
  
• How new car price changes are measured in the CPI (October 2007)
  Sources and methods used to compile new car prices in the CPI.
  
  
• How used-car price changes are measured in the consumers price index (July 2007)
  Sources and methods, including use of hedonic regression.

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Communication group

• Telecommunication equipment and services in the consumers price index (January 2008)
  Sources and methods used to compile the telecommunication equipment class and the telecommunication services class of the CPI.

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Recreation and culture group

• Newspapers, books, and stationery in the CPI (January 2012)
  Sources and methods used to compile the newspapers, books, and stationery subgroup of the CPI.
  
  
• Accommodation services and package holidays in the CPI (October 2011)
  Sources and methods used to compile the accommodation services and the package holidays CPI subgroups.
  
  
• Audio-visual and computing equipment in the consumers price index (July 2011) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the audio-visual and computing equipment subgroup of the CPI.

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Education group

• Primary and secondary, tertiary and other post-school education in the CPI (July 2010)
  Sources and methods used to compile the 'primary and secondary education', 'tertiary and other post-school education', and 'other education' classes of the CPI.
  
  
• Early childhood education in the CPI (July 2010)
  Sources and methods used to compile the early childhood education class of the CPI.

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Miscellaneous goods and services group

• Real estate and professional services in the CPI (October 2011) 
  Sources and methods used to compile the real estate services and the professional services CPI classes.
  
  
• Insurance services in the consumers price index (April 2008)
  Sources and methods used to compile insurance services in the CPI. 

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