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Consumer Price Index: March quarter 2026
Consumer prices rose 4.1% over the year to the March quarter 2026 on the ABS Consumer Price Index. Against wage growth of 3.3% on the Wage Price Index, real wages fell 0.8%.
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CPI — over the year
4.1%
to the March quarter 2026
CPI — over the quarter
+1.4%
index 101.70 (2026 Q1)
Real wages — over the year
-0.8%
WPI 3.3% vs CPI 4.1%
Index over time
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WPICPI Quarter covered by this release
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics — Wage Price Index (cat. 6345.0, Table 1) and Consumer Price Index (cat. 6401.0, Table 17); March quarter 2026 release.
Where these numbers come from
| WPI | ABS Wage Price Index (cat. 6345.0), total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses, all sectors, seasonally adjusted, Australia — release, Table 1, series A2713849C (spreadsheet · API query) |
| CPI | ABS Consumer Price Index (cat. 6401.0), All groups, original, weighted average of eight capital cities — release, Table 17, series A2325846C (spreadsheet · API query) |
| Next | Consumer Price Index next release: 29 July 2026. |
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