CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
APRIL 2010
ALL ITEMS INDEX
(April 2006= 100)
108
110
112
114
Apr
09
May
Jun
Jul
Aug Sep Oct
Nov Dec
Jan
Feb Mar
Apr
10
RATE OF INFLATION
Consumers paid 2.9 per cent more in April 2010 than
they did a year ago for the basket of goods and services
included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The
annual rate of inflation continued to climb measuring
2.3 per cent in March 2010.
Between March 2010 and April 2010, the average cost
of goods and services in the Consumer Price Index rose
1.3 per cent. The all-items index increased from 112.4
to 113.9 index points in April. This means that the
basket of goods and services that cost $100.00 in April
2006 now cost $113.90.
YEAR-TO-YEAR ANALYSIS
The Health & Personal Care sector continued to be the
largest contributor to the twelve-month increase in the
Consumer Price Index, as it has been since October
2009. On average, the cost of Health & Personal Care
items increased 10.3 per cent year-over-year. This rise
was attributed to higher health insurance premiums in
April.
The Transport & Vehicles and Food sectors also had a
strong influence on the annual rate of inflation, as price
shifts in these sectors were 4.1 per cent and 3.7 per cent,
respectively.
SUMMARY STATISTICS
Monthly
Quarterly
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
2009
2008
Apr
110.6
+1.9
Q1
106.0
+3.8
May
110.5
+1.4
Q2
108.9
+4.8
Jun
110.5
+1.2
Q3
110.4
+5.1
Jul
111.1
+1.2
Q4
111.0
+5.2
Aug
111.8
+1.6
Sep
111.5
+0.2
2009
Oct
112.1
+0.7
Q1
110.3
+4.1
Nov
112.0
+0.6
Q2
110.5
+1.5
Dec
111.6
+1.0
Q3
111.5
+1.0
Q4
111.9
+0.8
2010
Jan
112.2
+1.2
2010
Feb
111.7
+1.3
Q1
112.1
+1.6
Mar
112.4
+2.3
Apr
113.9
+2.9
The compilation of
the CPI involves the
processing of several
thousand price
quotatio