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RBA Glossary definition for CPI
CPI – Consumer Price Index. A general measure of price inflation for the household sector compiled and published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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The Implications of Recent Changes to the Consumer Price Index for Monetary Policy and the Inflation Target
10 Oct 1998
Bulletin
– October 1998
A further problem with the CPI has been volatility from quarter to quarter. ... Estimates of earlier price movements remain unchanged; historical CPI figures are never revised.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/oct/1.html
Trends in Relative Consumer Prices
10 Jul 2009
Bulletin
– July 2009
Graph 1. The CPI measures changes in retail prices of goods and services commonly purchased by metropolitan households. ... which was magnified by the way insurance prices are measured in the CPI;.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/jul/1.html
Underlying Consumer Price Inflation in China
7 Dec 2017
Bulletin
– December 2017
Underlying inflation measures seek to look through the volatility often inherent in headline inflation, and can be useful for assessing inflationary pressures in a given economy. This article describes new trimmed mean measures of underlying
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/4.html
Measures of Inflation in India
18 Sep 2014
Bulletin
– September 2014
India has experienced persistently high inflation in recent years, despite a period of below-trend economic growth. As a result, controlling inflation has become a key objective for policymakers. The two main indicators of inflation in India are the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/sep/5.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
Reserve Bank Bulletin – November 1998 Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy. Download the complete Statement 386. KB. The events of the past six months have been dominated by news of financial instability, while changes in the underlying world
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.html
Bulletin
18 Apr 2024
Bulletin
Insights into the economy and financial system from teams throughout the Reserve Bank of Australia
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/
Inflation and the Cost of Living
20 Mar 2014
Bulletin
– March 2014
This article looks at increases in the cost of living for Australian households over the past decade. Inflation as measured by changes in the consumer price index (CPI) overstates ‘true’ increases in the cost of living due to a number of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/4.html
Problems in the Measurement and Performance of Service-Sector Productivity in the United States | Conference – 1995
10 Jul 1995
Conferences
Yet the CPI is widely believed to be biased upward throughout the post-war period. ... Why are we now quite certain that the CPI incorporates a substantial upward bias?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1995/gordon.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2000
Bulletin
– November 2000
The September quarter CPI rose by 3.7 per cent, for an increase of 6.1 per cent over the year. ... In either case, future CPI rises would, other things equal, be higher than hitherto expected.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/nov/1.html
Quality Change and Inflation Measurement
18 Jun 2020
Bulletin
– June 2020
Households’ perceptions of inflation can differ from inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/jun/quality-change-and-inflation-measurement.html