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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

2.2b Consumer Price Index

Annual change (a) - per cent

September

quarter

December

quarter

March

quarter

June

quarter

Annual average

1963-64

0.7

0.7

1.4

2.1

1.2

1964-65

2.8

3.5

3.5

4.2

3.5

1965-66

3.4

4.1

4.1

3.3

3.7

1966-67

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

1967-68

4.5

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.5

1968-69

1.9

2.5

3.1

3.0

2.6

1969-70

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.6

3.1

1970-71

3.5

4.7

4.6

5.1

4.5

1971-72

6.8

7.3

7.2

6.5

6.9

1972-73

5.9

4.7

5.7

8.2

6.1

1973-74

10.1

12.9

13.7

14.6

12.9

1974-75

16.4

16.3

17.6

16.9

16.8

1975-76

12.2

14.4

13.1

12.0

12.9

1976-77

14.0

14.2

13.9

13.5

13.9

1977-78

12.9

9.3

8.2

8.0

9.5

1978-79

7.9

7.7

8.1

8.7

8.1

1979-80

9.3

10.1

10.7

10.8

10.2

1980-81

10.1

9.2

9.4

8.7

9.3

1981-82

9.0

11.3

10.6

10.8

10.4

1982-83

12.5

11.0

11.4

11.1

11.5

1983-84

9.2

8.6

5.8

4.0

6.9

1984-85

3.4

2.6

4.4

6.6

4.3

1985-86

7.7

8.2

9.3

8.5

8.4

1986-87

8.8

9.8

9.4

9.3

9.3

1987-88

8.2

7.1

6.9

7.1

7.3

1988-89

7.4

7.6

6.8

7.6

7.3

1989-90

8.0

7.8

8.6

7.7

8.0

1990-91

6.1

6.9

4.9

3.4

5.3

1991-92

3.2

1.5

1.7

1.2

1.9

1992-93

0.8

0.3

1.2

1.9

1.0

1993-94

2.2

1.9

1.4

1.7

1.8

1994-95

1.9

2.5

3.9

4.5

3.2

1995-96

5.1

5.1

3.7

3.1

4.2

1996-97

2.1

1.5

1.3

0.3

1.3

1997-98

-0.3

-0.2

-0.2

0.7

0.0

1998-99

1.3

(a) Annual percentage change in all groups eight capital cities index. Base: 1989-90 = 100.0.

Source: Consumer Price Index, ABS (6401.0)

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