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[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
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> Our society does not yet frown on profligacy, and so our consumption habits will grow as our population grows.
> 
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It is a little worse than that - our key 
indicator - quoted to us daily is 
consumption and how terrible it is for 
"the economy" if we don't consume.
> SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
> 
> 
> THE ALL GROUPS CPI
> 
>     * rose 1.0% in the September quarter 2009, compared with a rise of 0.5% in the June quarter 2009.
>     * rose 1.3% through the year to September quarter 2009, compared to an annual rise of 1.5% to June quarter 2009.
> 
> 
> 
> OVERVIEW OF CPI MOVEMENTS
> 
>     * The most significant price rises this quarter were for electricity (+11.4%), automotive fuel (+4.0%), water and sewerage (+14.1%), deposit and loan facilities (+3.0%) and house purchase (+1.1%).
>     * The most significant offsetting price falls were for other financial services (-2.3%), vegetables (-5.6%), fruit (-5.4%), pharmaceuticals (-4.4%) and audio, visual and computing equipment (-2.2%).
<http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6401.0>

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