Australian Price Level vs 2.5% Trend

Price level vs 2.5% trend from the September quarter 1993
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Headline inflation, year-ended
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Real Wage Price Index
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Unemployment and underutilisation
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Average inflation since the September quarter 1993
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Price level vs 2.5% trend from the September quarter 1993

Trend

Based on ABS data.

CPI is the ABS all groups CPI as published. It includes the 1999–2000 tax changes, among them the GST (the CPI rose 3.73 per cent in the September quarter 2000), and, before the September quarter 1998, interest charges. The RBA's own averages adjust both out.

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Quarter Vs trend, %

Years to get back on trend, by average inflation

Based on ABS data.

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Average inflation, % a year Years to get back on trend

CPI and Wage Price Index since prices went above trend

Based on ABS data.

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Quarter CPI Wage Price Index Trend

Unemployment and underutilisation, with periods prices were above trend

Based on ABS data.

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Month Unemployment rate, % Underutilisation rate, %