Abbreviations

Latest release
Consumer Price Index: Concepts, Sources and Methods
Reference period
2018
ABSAustralian Bureau of Statistics
ADPIAttached Dwellings Price Index
ANZSICAustralian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
APRarithmetic mean of price relatives, also referred to as the Carli formula
APRAAustralian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASGSAustralian Statistical Geography Standard
CAGRCompound Annual Growth Rate
CCBChild Care Benefit
CCRChild Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR)
CCSChild Care Subsidy
CoEcompensation of employees
COICOPClassification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose
COLICost of Living Index
CPIConsumer Price Index
CRACommonwealth Rent Assistance
DoHDepartment of Health
EAelementary aggregate
ECExpenditure Class
EPIexport price index
FISIMfinancial intermediation services indirectly measured
GCCSAGreater Capital City Statistical Area
GDPgross domestic product
GEKSGini, Eltetö and Köves, and Szulc
GFCglobal financial crisis
GFCFgross fixed capital formation
GKGeary-Khamis
GMgeometric mean
GSTgoods and services tax
HECHousehold Expenditure Classification
HELPHigher Education Loan Program
HESHousehold Expenditure Survey
HFCEhousehold final consumption expenditure
HPIHouse Price Index
ILOInternational Labour Organization
IPDimplicit price deflator
IPIimport price index
ITPIInternational Trade Price Indexes
NSONational Statistical Office
OOHowner-occupied housing
PBLCIPensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index
PBSPharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PPIProducer Price Indexes
QAUVQuality Adjusted Unit Value
RAPrelative of the arithmetic mean of prices, also referred to as the Dutot formula
RBAReserve Bank of Australia
RPPIResidential Property Price Index
SKUStock Keeping Unit
SLCISelected Living Cost Index
SNASystem of National Accounts
SOPStage of Production
TNTSThe New Tax System
TPDTime Product Dummy
UNUnited Nations
WPIWage Price Index
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