date:Jan 30, 2013
and computing equipment (4.3 per cent) and pharmaceutical products (3.5 per cent).
The CPI rose 2.2 per cent through the year to the December quarter 2012, compared with a rise of 2.0 per cent through the year to the September quarter 2012.
However the near static CPI and lowering of prices for vegetables has not improved consumer confidence.
The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment, published on 16 January 2013, showed that the Index rose by only 0.6% in the latest figures