From where we work to what we spend, the ABS knows more about us than ever before: here’s what’s changing
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
How much were prices rising in January when Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor said inflation was “rampant”?
The prices that give us a good steer on inflation were falling, by 0.4%.
That’s the change that month in what the Bureau of Statistics calls the consumer price index “excluding volatile items”. The items it excludes...
