Consumer Price Index (A) during the first half of this
year
(3).
•
The equivalent proportions were 77% for the
Consumer Price Index (B) and 50% for the Hang Seng Consumer
Price Index.
(3) Proportion of the increase in consumer prices during the first half
of 1982 attributable to the increase in the prices of:
Components
CPI (A)
(%)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
( % )
(%)
Foodstuffs
67.7
58.7
33.3
Housing
10.0
12.3
26.2
Fuel and light
1.0
1.1
1.1
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.1
1.5
0.7
Clothing and footwear
5.3
6.8
6.0
Durable goods
О
0
1.8
Miscellaneous goods
1.5
0.9
-0.2
Transport and vehicles
Services
3.5
6.8
20.4
8.9
11.9
10.7
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