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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Australia Third Quarter Consumer Prices: Summary (Table)

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By Daniel Petrie

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Australia's consumer prices in the third quarter as provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Sydney.


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3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q
2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006
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------------------------ QoQ% ------------------------
Overall QoQ% 1.2% 1.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.7% 1.2% 0.1% -0.1%
ex housing 0.7% 1.3% 1.1% 0.7% 0.2% 1.4% -0.1% -0.3%
ex volatile items 1.1% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5%
Market Prices, ex volatile items
Total 1.0% 1.4% 0.8% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7%
Goods 0.5% 1.2% 0.5% 0.9% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.3%
Services 1.8% 1.7% 1.1% 1.5% 1.6% 0.6% 0.1% 1.1%
Tradables* 0.7% 1.5% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% 2.0% -1.0% -1.4%
Non-tradables* 1.6% 1.4% 1.7% 1.3% 1.1% 0.7% 0.9% 0.8%

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3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q
2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006
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------------------------ YoY% ------------------------
Overall YoY% 5.0% 4.5% 4.2% 3.0% 1.9% 2.1% 2.4% 3.3%
ex housing 3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 2.2% 1.1% 1.8% 2.3% 3.6%
ex volatile items 4.6% 4.2% 3.6% 3.0% 2.6% 2.6% 2.5% 2.7%
Market Prices, ex volatile items
Total 4.4% 4.2% 3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 2.4% 2.2% 2.3%
Goods 3.2% 2.9% 2.6% 2.4% 1.8% 2.1% 1.8% 1.7%
Services 6.2% 6.1% 4.9% 3.9% 3.5% 2.7% 2.8% 3.2%
Tradables* 3.4% 2.9% 3.3% 1.4% -0.3% 0.3% 1.0% 2.9%
Non-tradables* 6.1% 5.6% 5.0% 4.1% 3.5% 3.4% 3.5% 3.5%

------------------- Index Levels ---------------------
Overall 166.5 164.6 162.2 160.1 158.6 157.5 155.6 155.5
ex housing 167.7 166.6 164.5 162.7 161.5 161.2 159.0 159.2
ex volatile items 172.0 170.2 168.0 166.0 164.4 163.3 162.1 161.1
Market Prices, ex volatile items
Total 164.1 162.4 160.2 159.0 157.2 155.9 154.8 154.4
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3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q
2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006
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------------------- Index Levels ---------------------
Goods 154.7 153.9 152.1 151.3 149.9 149.5 148.3 147.8
Services 184.9 181.7 178.6 176.7 174.1 171.3 170.3 170.1
Tradables* 123.4 122.6 120.8 119.8 119.4 119.2 116.9 118.1
Non-tradables* 150.4 148.1 146.1 143.6 141.7 140.2 139.2 138.0
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Note: Figures are based at 1989-90 = 100, except for those marked with

an asterisk, which is based at June quarter 1998 = 100.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Petrie in Sydney at dpetrie5@bloomberg.net




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