Consumer price index (CPI) rates

The figures provided are the 'weighted average of eight capital cities', which have been obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS makes each figure available three to four weeks after the end of the quarter.

Quarter ending
Year	31 March	30 June	30 September	31 December
2011	176.7	178.3	179.4	179.4
2010	171.0	172.1	173.3	174.0
2009	166.2	167.0	168.6	169.5
2008	162.2	164.6	166.5	166.0
2007	155.6	157.5	158.6	160.1
2006	151.9	154.3	155.7	155.5
2005	147.5	148.4	149.8	150.6
2004	144.1	144.8	145.4	146.5
2003	141.3	141.3	142.1	142.8
2002	136.6	137.6	138.5	139.5
2001	132.7	133.8	134.2	135.4
2000	125.2	126.2	130.9	131.3
1999	121.8	122.3	*123.4	124.1
1998	120.3	121.0	121.3	121.9
1997	120.5	120.2	119.7	120.0
1996	119.0	119.8	120.1	120.3
1995	114.7	116.2	117.6	118.5
1994	110.4	111.2	111.9	112.8
1993	108.9	109.3	109.8	110.0
1992	107.6	107.3	107.4	107.9
1991	105.8	106.0	106.6	107.6
1990	100.9	102.5	103.3	106.0
1989	92.9	95.2	97.4	99.2
1988	87.0	88.5	90.2	92.0
1987	81.4	82.6	84.0	85.5
1986	74.4	75.6	77.6	79.8
1985	N/A	N/A	71.3	72.7

*Capital gains: indexation
Indexation is only relevant in working out the cost base of an asset acquired before 21 September 1999. If the indexation method (rather than the discount method) is used to work out a capital gain from such an asset, some of the cost base expenditure of the asset may be indexed to account for inflation up to the September 1999 quarter. Changes to the law mean that indexation is frozen at that time.

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