Inflation Rate in Australia remained unchanged at 2.40 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 2.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Australia Consumer Price Index CPI growth

• Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth was measured at 2.4 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with a rate of 2.9 % in the previous quarter.
• Australia Consumer Price Index growth data is updated quarterly, available from Dec 1987 to Dec 2024, with an averaged number of 2.5 % YoY.
• The data reached an all-time high of 8.5 % YoY in Mar 1990 and a record low of -0.3 % YoY in Jun 2020.

In 2024, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia had risen to an all time high of *****points. In Australia, the CPI measures changes in the prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services. The CPI in Australia has risen steadily for decades.

Consumer Price Index CPI in the United States increased to 322.56 points in June from 321.46 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

CPI Housing Utilities in Australia increased to 151.50 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 149 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Cpi Housing Utilities- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Australia Core CPI Change

• Australia Core CPI Change was reported at 2.715 % in Dec 2024.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.104 % for Sep 2024.
• Australia Core CPI Change data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.591 % from Dec 1987 to Dec 2024, with 149 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 7.648 % in Dec 2022 and a record low of 0.434 % in Jun 2020.
• Australia Core CPI Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Core CPI: Y-o-Y Growth: Quarterly.

The latest inflation rate, i.e. the percent change in the CPI from a year ago to now, in Australia was 2.4 percent. That number was released in . It shows a decrease from the inflation rate in the previous quarter when it stood at 2.42 percent. Compared to a year ago, we see a decrease from the...

Consumer Price Index CPI in Australia increased to 140.70 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 139.40 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia, March, 2025 The most recent value is 140.7 index points as of Q1 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of 139.4 index points. Historically, the average for Australia from Q1 1960 to Q1 2025 is 58.6073 index points. The minimum of 7.5 index points was recorded in Q1 1960, while the maximum of 140.7 index points was reached in Q1 2025. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meals Out & Take Away Foods: Restaurant Meals data was reported at 3.946 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.946 % for Dec 2024. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meals Out & Take Away Foods: Restaurant Meals data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.420 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.960 % in Sep 2023 and a record low of 3.300 % in Sep 2020. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meals Out & Take Away Foods: Restaurant Meals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I010: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.

Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Breakfast Cereals data was reported at 0.099 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.099 % for Dec 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Breakfast Cereals data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.130 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.130 % in Sep 2021 and a record low of 0.099 % in Mar 2025. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Breakfast Cereals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I010: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.

Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in Australia was reported at 144 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Consumer price index (2010 = 100) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

In the December quarter of 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) value of clothing and footwear in Brisbane, Australia was measured at 103.8. The highest CPI within the given time period was recorded in the June quarter of 2024, with clothing and footwear prices at their lowest in the third quarter of 2021.

The Consumer Price Index of the United Kingdom was 138.5 in the second quarter of 2025, indicating that consumer prices have increased by 38.5 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2015. As of June 2025, the inflation rate for the CPI was 3.6 percent, an uptick from March, when prices were rising by 2.6 percent. A long period of elevated inflation between 2021 and 2023 peaked in October 2022 and saw prices increase by over 20 percent in just three years. Uptick in inflation expected in 2025 In late 2024, the UK's main economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, predicted that the annual inflation rate for 2025 would average out at around 2.6 percent. In March 2025, however, the OBR revised this figure upward, with annual inflation now expected to be 3.2 percent. This uptick in inflation is predicted to peak in the third quarter of the year at 3.7 percent before falling to two percent by the second quarter of 2026. Although this period of higher inflation is predicted to be far less severe than in 2022, it will no doubt put further pressure on households already struggling with their cost of living. Cost of living woes continue The share of UK households reporting that their cost of living was increasing has been steadily rising since Summer 2024. At that time, less than half of UK households reported rising costs, down from 91 percent two years earlier. As of March 2025, however, 59 percent of households said their costs were rising, the highest figure since 2023. Of these households, 93 percent reported that their food shop was increasing, with three quarters of them reporting higher energy costs. With higher inflation predicted in 2025, the pressure on UK households will likely continue, although a crisis on the scale of 2021-2023 will hopefully be avoided.

In the year to March 2025, price increases were recorded across all grocery product categories in Australia, except for dairy and related products. Fruit and vegetables saw an annual increase of 6.6 percent. Meat and seafood products saw an annual growth of above four percent.

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Monthly CPI Indicator in Australia decreased to 2.10 percent in May from 2.40 percent in April of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Monthly CPI Indicator.

In December 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) value of spirits was measured at 143.3 across six capital cities in Australia, marking a considerable rise since the start of the given period, where the spirits CPI was measured at 106.6 index points. Consumer price indexes are used to measure changes in the price of goods and services which account for a high proportion of consumer household expenditure.

CPI: Weights: Education: Tertiary Education data was reported at 1.734 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.734 % for Dec 2024. CPI: Weights: Education: Tertiary Education data is updated quarterly, averaging 1.630 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.734 % in Mar 2025 and a record low of 1.570 % in Sep 2023. CPI: Weights: Education: Tertiary Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I010: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.

Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing data was reported at 21.385 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 21.385 % for Dec 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing data is updated quarterly, averaging 22.680 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.050 % in Sep 2021 and a record low of 21.385 % in Mar 2025. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I010: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.