tobacco components. Using the new Consumer Price Index (A)
for illustration, the prices of these components were 4.8%,
4.6% and 5.1% respectively higher in March 1982 than in
December 1981. These three components together accounted for
about 80%
80% of the overall increase in the new
new Consumer Price
Index (A) during the first quarter of this year
The
equivalent proportions were 798 for the new
(4).
Consumer
Index (B) and 49% for the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index.
Price
(4)
Proportion of the increase in CPI (A) during the first quarter of
1982 attributable to the increase in the prices of :
Components
Foodstuffs
옹
dol
70.8
Housing
7.7
Fuel and light
5.5
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
4.1
Clothing and footwear
-1.3
Durable goods
1.8
Miscellaneous goods
1.4
Transport and vehicles Services
2.7
7.3
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