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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

2.2a Consumer Price Index

Index (a)

September

quarter

December

quarter

March

quarter

June

quarter

Annual average

1963-64

14.2

14.2

14.3

14.4

14.3

1964-65

14.6

14.7

14.8

15.0

14.8

1965-66

15.1

15.3

15.4

15.5

15.3

1966-67

15.5

15.7

15.8

15.9

15.7

1967-68

16.2

16.2

16.3

16.4

16.3

1968-69

16.5

16.6

16.8

16.9

16.7

1969-70

17.0

17.1

17.3

17.5

17.2

1970-71

17.6

17.9

18.1

18.4

18.0

1971-72

18.8

19.2

19.4

19.6

19.3

1972-73

19.9

20.1

20.5

21.2

20.4

1973-74

21.9

22.7

23.3

24.3

23.1

1974-75

25.5

26.4

27.4

28.4

26.9

1975-76

28.6

30.2

31.0

31.8

30.4

1976-77

32.6

34.5

35.3

36.1

34.6

1977-78

36.8

37.7

38.2

39.0

37.9

1978-79

39.7

40.6

41.3

42.4

41.0

1979-80

43.4

44.7

45.7

47.0

45.2

1980-81

47.8

48.8

50.0

51.1

49.4

1981-82

52.1

54.3

55.3

56.6

54.6

1982-83

58.6

60.3

61.6

62.9

60.9

1983-84

64.0

65.5

65.2

65.4

65.0

1984-85

66.2

67.2

68.1

69.7

67.8

1985-86

71.3

72.7

74.4

75.6

73.5

1986-87

77.6

79.8

81.4

82.6

80.4

1987-88

84.0

85.5

87.0

88.5

86.3

1988-89

90.2

92.0

92.9

95.2

92.6

1989-90

97.4

99.2

100.9

102.5

100.0

1990-91

103.3

106.0

105.8

106.0

105.3

1991-92

106.6

107.6

107.6

107.3

107.3

1992-93

107.4

107.9

108.9

109.3

108.4

1993-94

109.8

110.0

110.4

111.2

110.4

1994-95

111.9

112.8

114.7

116.2

113.9

1995-96

117.6

118.5

119.0

119.8

118.7

1996-97

120.1

120.3

120.5

120.2

120.3

1997-98

119.7

120.0

120.3

121.0

120.3

1998-99

121.3

(a) All groups eight capital cities index. Base: 1989-90 = 100.0. Also known as the headline rate.

Source: Consumer Price Index, ABS (6401.0)

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