December 09

The Headline CPI increased by 1.8 per cent in the September quarter 2009, compare to 0.5 per cent in the June quarter 2009. Over the coming quarters, Treasury expects inflation to accelerate to a higher level driven by strong economic activity, high government spending especially from trust accounts, the substantial depreciation of the kina against the Australian dollar in 2009 and capacity constraints in the economy.
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6 April 09

The underlying CPI rose by 0.6 per cent in the December quarter, compare to 2.9 per cent in the September quarter, to be 10.3 per cent higher through-the-year. The headline CPI rose by 0.9 per cent in the December quarter, compared to 3.2 per cent in the September quarter, to be 11.2 per cent higher in through-the-year- terms.
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30 March 09

The FBO sets out the annual fiscal outcome and provides details of revenue and grants, expenditure and net lending and the financing requirement of the Government Budget. The FBO is released in accordance with the PNG Fiscal Responsibility Act 2006 (the Act). For a copy of the FBO Report, please go to our 2009 Budget documents (under title Related Budget Documents)
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