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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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Underlying Inflation: Concepts, Measurement and Performance

1 Jul 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05.html

Introduction

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
The Australian CPI is a transparent, publicly recognised gauge of price inflation, published quarterly. ... median) that exclude various items from the CPI on a time-varying basis.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/introduction.html

Conclusion

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
In some cases, these procedures can result in measures of underlying inflation that are biased with respect to CPI inflation. ... A number of measures assessed in this paper have the desirable property that CPI inflation tends to move towards underlying
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/conclusion.html

Underlying Inflation Concepts and Alternative Measures

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
They propose trimmed weighted means, using CPI weights and components, as a suitable alternative. ... where. refers to the mean of CPI inflation over the sample period under consideration.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/underlying-inflation-concepts-measures.html

Properties of Underlying Inflation Measures

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
Market prices excluding volatile items. 0.53. 0.26. CPI excluding volatile items. ... Market prices excluding volatile items. 3.12. 2.20. CPI excluding volatile items.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/properties-underlying-inflation-measures.html

Appendix: Derivation of Underlying Inflation Estimators

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
Regular breaks in the Australian CPI would make precise estimation of either the double-weighted or neo-Edgworthian measure difficult in the Australian context.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/appendix.html

References

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-05
Ivan Roberts
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2004), ‘Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates for the consumer price index (CPI)’,.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-05/references.html