6401.0 - Consumer Price Index, Australia, Jun 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/07/2017   
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JUNE KEY FIGURES

Mar Qtr 2017 to Jun Qtr 2017
Jun Qtr 2016 to Jun Qtr 2017
Weighted average of eight capital cities
% change
% change

All groups CPI
0.2
1.9
Food and non-alcoholic beverages
-0.2
1.9
Alcohol and tobacco
0.8
5.9
Clothing and footwear
-0.3
-1.9
Housing
0.3
2.4
Furnishings, household equipment and services
0.7
0.0
Health
2.7
3.8
Transport
-0.6
2.1
Communication
-0.5
-3.8
Recreation and culture
-0.6
-0.1
Education
0.0
3.3
Insurance and financial services
-0.1
2.1
CPI analytical series
All groups CPI, seasonally adjusted
0.4
1.9
Trimmed mean
0.5
1.8
Weighted median
0.5
1.8


All Groups CPI, Quarterly change
Graph: All Groups CPI, Quarterly change

Contribution to quarterly change
Graph: Contribution to quarterly change




JUNE KEY POINTS


THE ALL GROUPS CPI
  • rose 0.2% this quarter, compared with a rise of 0.5% in the March quarter 2017.
  • rose 1.9% over the twelve months to the June quarter 2017, compared with a rise of 2.1% over the twelve months to the March quarter 2017.


OVERVIEW OF CPI MOVEMENTS
  • The most significant price rises this quarter are medical and hospital services (+4.1%), new dwelling purchase by owner-occupiers (+0.9%), tobacco (+1.0%) and beer (+1.0%).
  • The most significant offsetting price falls this quarter are domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-3.2%), automotive fuel (-2.5%) and fruit (-4.4%).


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
September 2017 25 October 2017
December 2017 31 January 2018
March 2018 24 April 2018
June 2018 25 July 2018



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

None in this issue.


ROUNDING

Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.


INQUIRIES

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