ABS CPI June quarter 2010 up 0.6%

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in the June quarter 2010, compared with a rise of 0.9% in the March quarter 2010.

The most significant price rises this quarter were for tobacco (+15.4%), hospital and medical services (+3.8%), automotive fuel (+2.1%), rents (+1.1%) and house purchase (+0.6%).

The most significant offsetting price falls were for domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-6.0%), fruit (-4.8%), audio, visual and computing equipment (-6.3%), vegetables (-3.0%) and overseas holiday travel and accommodation (-1.9%).

The ABS CPI rose 3.1% through the year to June quarter 2010, compared with a rise of 2.9% through the year to March quarter 2010.

Source: ABS

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