Melbourne Institute Historical Time Series Data: Inflation Gauge

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Monthly Data from August 2002. Covers: -Inflation Gauge. -Inflation Gauge Index. -Trimmed Mean. -Core Measure. Part of Consumer Attitudes, Sentiments & Expectations (CASiE) in Australia. The survey is conduct monthly by telephone and the sample size is typically 1200 households. Each respondent is characterized by: gender, age, occupation, education, political party preference, home ownership, household income, and postcode. The Survey is used to compile the following Report: TD Securities - Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute have developed a monthly inflation indicator to give markets and policy makers a monthly update on inflation trends. Based on the ABS methodology for calculating the quarterly consumer price index, the TD Securities - Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge estimates month-to-month price movements for a wide-ranging basket of goods and services across the main capital cities of Australia. This report is produced monthly and is released with a lag of one month.