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Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... 0.9% in the December quarter. Price rises in tobacco and furnishings were partially offset by falls in rents, automotive fuel and utilities." While the annual rate of change in the headline CPI continued to improve since the deflation of the June 2020 ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... June quarter fall was mainly the result of free child care (-95.0 per cent), a significant fall in the price of automotive fuel (-19.3 per cent) and a fall in pre-school and primary education (-16.2 per cent), with free pre-school being provided in NSW ...

Low inflation rate masks rising living costs woes

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... who are not yet retired. According to ASFA data, the most significant price increases in the June quarter were automotive fuel, which increased by 10.2%, medical and hospital service, which saw a 2.6% increase, and international holiday, travel and accommodation ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... comfortable level and 0.4% at the modest level, ASFA said. The most significant price falls over the quarter were: automotive fuel (-8.7%), domestic holiday, travel and accommodation (-3.8%), and international holiday, travel and accommodation (-2.1%). ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... the first quarter. This missed market expectations for a 2.2% gain and was mainly driven by the strong rise in automotive fuel (+16.2% yoy); electricity (+10.4%) and alcohol and tobacco (7.8%). If the headline inflation measure is not disappointing enough ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... level since 1999. The most significant price rises this quarter are in medical and hospital services (+4.2%), automotive fuel (+5.9%) and tobacco (+2.1%). These rises are partially offset by falls in domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-3.7%) ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... cut the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) at its 3 May Board meeting from 14% to 50%. Sharp price drops in automotive fuel (down 10.0%) and fruit (down 11.1%) accounted for much of the 0.2% decline in headline consumer prices over the March quarter ...

Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... significant offsetting price falls were vegetables (-5.9%), telecommunication equipment and services (-2%) and automotive fuel (-1.7%). There also were price rises for health services, namely pharmaceutical products (+0.7%) and medical and hospital services ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... According to ASFA the most significant price rises affecting the cost of living for retirees this quarter are automotive fuel (+12.2%) and medical and hospital services (+4.5%). The most significant offsetting price falls this quarter are domestic holiday ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... that this was due to significant drops in the prices of volatile items such fruit (down 8.0% on the quarter) and "automotive fuel" (down 12.2% on the quarter and 22.5% year-on-year - "This fall is the largest in the history of the automotive fuel series ...