CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
JUNE 2010
ALL ITEMS INDEX
(April 2006= 100)
108
110
112
114
Jun
09
Jul
Aug Sep Oct
Nov Dec
Jan
Feb Mar
Apr May
Jun
10
RATE OF INFLATION
Consumers paid 2.6 per cent more in June 2010
than they did a year ago for the CPI basket of
goods and services. However, this rate of inflation
was slightly lower than the 2.8 per cent measured a
month ago.
Between May and June of 2010, the average cost
of goods and services in the Consumer Price Index
fell 0.1 per cent. The all-items index declined from
the 113.5 index points recorded last month, to
113.4 in June 2010. This means that the basket of
goods and services that cost $100.00 in April 2006
now cost $113.40.
YEAR-TO-YEAR ANALYSIS
The Health & Personal Care sector was the largest
contributor to the twelve-month increase in the
Consumer Price Index. On average, the cost of
Health & Personal Care items increased 8.6 per
cent year-over-year.
The Transport & Vehicle and Rent sectors also
impacted strongly on the annual rate of inflation, as
price shifts in these sectors were 4.2 per cent and
1.2 per cent, respectively.
SUMMARY STATISTICS
Monthly
Quarterly
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
2009
2008
Jun
110.5
+1.2
Q1
106.0
+3.8
Jul
111.1
+1.2
Q2
108.9
+4.8
Aug
111.8
+1.6
Q3
110.4
+5.1
Sep
111.5
+0.2
Q4
111.0
+5.2
Oct
112.1
+0.7
Nov
112.0
+0.6
2009
Dec
111.6
+1.0
Q1
110.3
+4.1
Q2
110.5
+1.5
2010
Q3
111.5
+1.0
Jan
112.2
+1.2
Q4
111.9
+0.8
Feb
111.7
+1.3
Mar
112.4
+2.3
2010
Apr
113.9
+2.9
Q1
112.1
+1.6
May
113.5
+2.8
Q2
113.6
+2.8
Jun
113.4
+2.6
The compilation of
the CPI involves the
processing of several
thousand price
quotations. The
Department of
Statistics wishes to
acknowledge the
cooperation of the
business community
in supplying the
requi