Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.2 Consumer prices
						Months (a)
	Annual average (a) (b)					2011
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011		Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Australia (c)	4.4	1.8	2.9	3.4		3.5			3.1
Canada	2.4	0.3	1.8			3.2	2.9	2.9
China	5.9	-0.7	3.3			6.1	5.5	4.2
France	2.8	0.1	1.5	2.1		2.2	2.4	2.5	2.5
Germany	2.6	0.3	1.1	2.3		2.6	2.5	2.4	2.1
Indonesia	9.8	4.8	5.1	5.4		4.6	4.4	4.2	3.8
Italy	3.4	0.8	1.5	2.7		3.0	3.3	3.2	3.3
Japan	1.4	-1.4	-0.7			0.0	-0.2	-0.5
Korea (South)	4.7	2.8	2.9	4.0		3.8	3.6	4.2	4.2
Malaysia	5.4	0.6	1.7			3.4	3.4	3.3
New Zealand (c)	3.9	1.9	2.9			4.6			1.8
Philippines	9.3	3.2	3.8	4.4		4.6	5.3	4.7	4.0
Singapore	6.5	0.6	2.8			5.5	5.5	5.7
Thailand	5.4	-0.9	3.3	3.8		4.0	4.2	4.2	3.5
United Kingdom	3.6	2.2	3.3	4.5		5.2	5.0	4.8	4.2
United States	3.8	-0.4	1.6	3.2		3.9	3.5	3.4	3.0
OECD average	3.7	0.5	1.9	2.9		3.3	3.1	3.1	2.9
G7 average	3.2	-0.1	1.4	2.6		3.2	2.9	2.8	2.5
Euro-zone average	3.3	0.3	1.6	2.7		3.0	3.0	3.0	2.7
(a) Percentage change in consumer price indexes over previous year.
(b) Years shown are calendar years.
(c) Data only available quarterly.
Sources: Datastream
ABS, Consumer price index, Cat. no. 6401.0
Statistics New Zealand
												Update
												Late February 2012