The first complete Monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October 2025 will be released tomorrow by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Dr David Gruen AO, Australian Statistician, described it as a major milestone marking the transition from the quarterly CPI to a monthly CPI as Australia’s primary headline inflation measure. The new index will include monthly seasonally adjusted and trimmed mean values, with detailed breakdowns for capital cities. The ABS will still publish a quarterly CPI series, averaging three monthly CPIs and included in every third monthly release; the December 2025 monthly CPI will contain the December quarter indexes. The change is supported by investments that modernised statistical systems, added data sources such as supermarket scanner data and a childcare dataset, and aligns Australia with other G20 countries. The ABS will issue explanatory papers and FAQs to help users understand the transition.
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