Capital Goods Price Index: March 2009 quarter

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Lower dollar drives up capital goods prices

Highlights

  • The Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 1.2 percent.
  • The plant, machinery and equipment index rose 2.7 percent.
  • The transport equipment index rose 3.8 percent.
  • The CGPI rose 4.9 percent in the year to the March 2009 quarter.

Graph, Capital Goods Price Index.

 Geoff Bascand 18 May 2009 
 Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0444 

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