Monthly Statistical Bulletin
2.4 Consumer price index
Quarter	2007-08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Consumer price index (a)
September	158.6	166.5	168.6	173.3	179.4
December	160.1	166.0	169.5	174.0	179.4
March	162.2	166.2	171.0	176.7
June	164.6	167.0	172.1	178.3
Annual average	161.4	166.4	170.3	175.6
Consumer price index quarterly change – per cent
September	0.7	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.6
December	0.9	-0.3	0.5	0.4	0.0
March	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.6
June	1.5	0.5	0.6	0.9
Consumer price index annual change (b) – per cent
September	1.9	5.0	1.3	2.8	3.5
December	3.0	3.7	2.1	2.7	3.1
March	4.2	2.5	2.9	3.3
June	4.5	1.5	3.1	3.6
Annual average	3.4	3.1	2.3	3.1
Underlying inflation annual change (c) – per cent
September	2.8	4.6	3.8	3.0	2.8
December	2.9	5.0	3.4	2.7	2.5
March	3.7	4.6	3.4	2.5
June	4.4	4.3	3.3	2.4
Annual average	3.4	4.6	3.5	2.6
(a) All groups, eight capital cities index.  Base: 1989–90 = 100.0.
(b) Referred to as the 'headline' inflation rate.
(c) The average of the Reserve Bank of Australia weighted median and trimmed
mean price inflation measures. Referred to as the 'underlying' inflation rate.
Source: ABS, Consumer price index, Cat. no. 6401.0
RBA, Statistical Tables, Prices and Inflation								Update
								27 April 2012