Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.2 Consumer prices
	Annual movement (a) (b) (c)
						2008
Country	2004	2005	2006	2007		Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Australia (c)	2.4	2.7	3.5	2.3		4.2			4.5
Canada	1.9	2.3	2.0	2.2		1.4	1.7	2.3	3.2
China	-0.8	-0.8	1.2	3.6		4.8	5.3	4.2	2.6
France	2.1	1.8	1.6	1.5		3.2	3.0	3.3	3.5
Germany	1.6	1.6	1.6	2.3		3.1	2.4	3.0	3.2
Indonesia	6.1	10.5	13.1	6.1		8.2	9.0	10.4	11.0
Italy	2.2	2.0	2.1	1.8		3.3	3.3	3.6	3.8
Japan	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0		1.2	0.8	1.3	2.0
Korea (South)	3.6	2.8	2.2	2.5		3.9	4.1	4.9	5.5
Malaysia	1.5	2.9	3.6	2.0		2.7	3.1	3.8
New Zealand (c)	2.3	3.0	3.4	2.4		3.3			4.0
Philippines	5.9	7.7	6.3	2.8		6.4	8.3	9.5	11.4
Singapore	1.7	0.5	1.0	2.1		6.7	7.5	7.5	7.5
Thailand	2.8	4.5	4.7	2.3		5.3	6.2	7.6	8.9
United Kingdom	1.3	2.1	2.3	2.3		2.4	2.9	3.4	3.8
United States	2.7	3.4	3.3	2.8		3.9	4.0	4.1	5.0
OECD average	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.5		3.6	3.5	3.9	4.5
G7 average	2.0	2.4	2.4	2.2		3.2	3.1	3.5	4.2
EU average	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
(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 Septmeber 2008