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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 7
(Chapter 4: The Economy)
1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1997
1998
1999
1997
1998
1999
All items
100.00
114.7
117.9
113.2
5.8
2.8
-4.0
Food
29.50
109.3
111.4
109.4
3.6
1.9
-1.8
Meals bought away from home
(18.16)
109.8
112.2 110.8
4.0
2.2
-1.2
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(11.34)
108.6
110.2
107.1
3.0
1.5
-2.8
Housing
28.83
123.7
129.4
122.9
9.1
4.7
-5.1
Fuel and light
2.36
112.8
114.6
114.1
5.6
1.6
-0.4
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.35
113.3
120.8
122.3
5.6
6.6
1.2
Clothing and footwear
6.66
119.4
118.5
94.1
8.4
-0.8
-20.6
Durable goods
5.49
105.1
105.3
98.7
2.2
0.2
-6.3
Miscellaneous goods
6.14
109.2
112.0 111.2
5.4
2.6
-0.7
Transport
7.77
112.3
116.6 117.2
4.0
3.9
0.5
Miscellaneous services
11.90
112.7
115.7 114.2
4.5
2.7
-1.3
Note: The Composite CPI is based on the average expenditure pattern of all households covered in the CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C).
1994/95-based Consumer Price Index (A)
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1997
1998
1999
1997
1998
1999
All items
100.00
114.1
117.0 113.2
5.7
2.6
-3.3
Food
37.30
109.5
111.6 109.2
3.7
1.9
-2.2
Meals bought away from home
(20.43)
110.5
113.3 111.7
4.3
2.5
-1.4
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(16.87)
108.3
109.5 106.1
2.9
1.1
-3.1
Housing
25.34
122.2
125.9 120.4
9.0
3.0
-4.4
Fuel and light
3.37
112.7
114.2
113.3
5.6
1.3
-0.7
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.06
113.4
120.8
122.2
5.7
6.6
1.1
Clothing and footwear
5.12
121.6
121.7
97.6
9.1
0.1
-19.9
Durable goods
4.34
105.1
105.4
100.0
2.3
0.3
-5.2
Miscellaneous goods
6.03
110.8
114.8 114.7
7.2
3.6
-0.1
Transport
7.17
112.4
117.3 117.8
3.9
4.3
0.4
Miscellaneous services
9.27
114.4
119.1 118.4
4.9
4.2
-0.6
Note: The CPI(A) covers about 50% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $4,000 to $15,999 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1994
to Sep. 1995.