ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics : Consumer Price Index, Australia (Media Release)

MEDIA RELEASE
28 January 2015	Embargo: 11.30 am (Canberra time) Wednesday 28 January 2015	08/2015

ABS CPI December quarter 2014 rises 0.2%

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the December quarter 2014, following a rise of 0.5% in the September quarter 2014.

The most significant price rises this quarter were for domestic holiday travel and accommodation (+5.8%), tobacco (+4.8%) and new dwelling purchase by owner-occupiers (+1.1%), These rises were partially offset by a fall in automotive fuel (-6.8%). Global oil markets continue to experience oversupply, which resulted in continued falls in oil prices. In Australia, average unleaded petrol prices reached a low of $1.17 per litre in December 2014, the lowest recorded average daily price since February 2009.

The CPI rose 1.7% through the year to the December quarter 2014, following a rise of 2.3% through the year to the September quarter 2014.

Further information is available in Consumer Price Index, Australia (cat. no. 6401.0).

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