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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Real Estate Podcast across every state, city and town of Australia. And welcome to another episode of the Real Estate Podcast available on iHeartRadio every morning and also on Spotify and Apple and wherever you get your podcast from. It's another Tuesday. Yes, the 23rd day of August. We are just about into September and it's nice to see some of the temperatures starting to lift. I've noticed people feeling a little bit better about things in these uncertain times that we live in. Nothing like a little bit more sunshine. Coming up this morning, we are going to be talking to Michelle from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And in a lot of ways, the people who work there like Michelle are the unsung heroes of the inflation that we are going through.
because they manage to track prices and do all sorts of things behind the scenes that we just tend to take for granted. But it's important work, and that helps you and I break down not only things like groceries and petrol, but also looking at real estate statistics. So we'll talk to her in just a moment. Coming up tomorrow, we're going to be checking in on Hobart and looking at some positivity where their listings numbers are climbing towards pre-pandemic levels. Yes, the latest PropTrack listings report tells us that there was a 70%, 70% increase increase year on year in the total number of Hobart homes listed for sale.
What role does the Australian Bureau of Statistics play in tracking inflation?
And that is a big increase. It might be your big increase in your age today. If you're celebrating your birthday for the 23rd, happy birthday on this Tuesday morning. You share your birthday with Three people who are no longer with us. Kobe Bryant would have been celebrating his birthday today. River Phoenix, another birthday that would have been celebrated. And Keith Moon. But unfortunately, none of them are with us. We are just as addicted to property as you are. Every weekday morning from 6.30. It's the main centre forecast with propertybuyer.com.au. All right, let's go around Australia and check on your weather this morning. First to Sydney, good morning to you. Grab the brolly and the raincoat because you're expecting showers becoming windy.
How does the Australian Bureau of Statistics collect price data?
and your top of 21 degrees today. Melbourne also with showers, 12 degrees. In Brisbane, fairly warm, 25 is your forecast top, but expect a late shower or two. And in Perth today, expecting 18 degrees and a mostly fine day with blue skies. From first home buyers to property investors and everything in between, every morning on The Real Estate Podcast. It's The Real Estate Podcast across Australia, seven days a week. Okay, so let's bring in Michelle Marquardt. She is the Program Manager for the Prices Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And a very good morning to you, Michelle. Welcome to The Real Estate Podcast. Thanks for having me. So let's just step over what it is that you do. It sounds awfully important there, Michelle, the Programme Manager for Price Statistics.
What is that exactly?
So I look after all our different price indexes that we create.
What are the differences between the Consumer Price Index and Living Cost Index?
So people have probably heard about the wage price index, the consumer price index, which is about inflation. We've also got some smaller indexes, the living cost indexes and producer price indexes. and international trade price indexes. So quite a lot of different indexes that show different parts of the economy and how prices are travelling.
Okay, and of course it's so important to know how the economy is travelling. So how does the Australian Bureau of Statistics go about collecting the information?
So we collect it in a whole variety of ways. For the consumer price index, we get scanner data from supermarkets as a big source for food prices and other types of things that they sell through the supermarkets. So that's a record of everything that they sell. So, you know, how many tins of spaghetti they sell each week and how much people pay for all of that and we also have web bots that scrape the internet to get prices from the internet and we also run some surveys of different businesses.
Okay and two price indexes that you really focus on one is inflation the CPI and the other is the living cost indexes perhaps tell us a little bit about those.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–1:45
2
What role does the Australian Bureau of Statistics play in tracking inflation?
1:45–2:38
3
How does the Australian Bureau of Statistics collect price data?
2:38–3:39
4
What are the differences between the Consumer Price Index and Living Cost Index?
3:39–5:14
5
How often is the inflation data updated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics?
5:14–7:10
6
What are the current trends in housing costs in Australia?
7:10–8:20
7
How do fuel prices impact the overall economy and housing market?
8:20–10:22
Speakers
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