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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 8
(Chapter 4: The Economy)
1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of change (%)
Section
Weight
1998
1999
2000
1998
1999
2000
All items
100.00
117.9
113.2
109.1
2.8
-4.0
-3.7
Food
29.50
111.4
109.4
107.0
1.9
-1.8
-2.2
Meals bought away from home
(18.16)
112.2
110.8 109.8
2.2
-1.2
-0.9
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(11.34)
110.2
107.1
102.5
1.5
-2.8
-4.3
Housing
28.83
129.4
122.9
112.8
4.7
-5.1
-8.2
Fuel and light
2.36
114.6
114.1
118.8
1.6
-0.4
4.1
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.35
120.8
122.3
121.3
6.6
1.2
-0.8
Clothing and footwear
6.66
118.5
94.1
85.1
-0.8
-20.6
-9.6
Durable goods
5.49
105.3
98.7
95.1
0.2
-6.3
-3.7
Miscellaneous goods
6.14
112.0
111.2
112.3
2.6
-0.7
1.0
Transport
7.77
116.6
117.2 118.4
3.9
0.5
1.0
Miscellaneous services
11.90
115.7
114.2
114.1
2.7
-1.3
-0.1
Note: The Composite CPI is compiled 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 change (%)
Section
Weight
1998
1999
2000
1998
1999
2000
All items
100.00
117.0
113.2
110.1
2.6
-3.3
-2.8
Food
37.30
111.6
109.2 106.6
1.9
-2.2
-2.4
Meals bought away from home
(20.43)
113.3
111.7 110.8
2.5
-1.4
-0.8
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(16.87)
109.5
106.1 101.5
1.1
-3.1
-4.3
Housing
25.34
125.9
120.4 113.1
3.0
4.4
-6.0
Fuel and light
3.37
114.2
113.3 118.5
1.3
-0.7
4.5
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.06
120.8
122.2
121.3
6.6
1.1
-0.7
Clothing and footwear
5.12
121.7
97.6
86.6
0.1
-19.9
-11.2
Durable goods
4.34
105.4
100.0
96.6
0.3
-5.2
-3.4
Miscellaneous goods
6.03
114.8
114.7 116.5
3.6
-0.1
1.6
Transport
7.17
117.3
117.8 118.5
4.3
0.4
0.6
Miscellaneous services
9.27
119.1
118.4
118.6
4.2
-0.6
0.2
Note: The CPI(A) is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of 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.
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