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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975
AUGUST CONSUMER PRICE INDICES REMAIN STABLE
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THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDICES (A AND B) FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST REMAINED STABLE AT 107 AS INCREASES IN VARIOUS SECTORS WERE OFFSET BY DECREASES IN OTHERS.
IN THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A), RELATING TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH A MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $400-$1,499, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY ONE POINT. THIS REFLECTED A 10 PER CENT DROP IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF RICE AND A 12 PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT INCREASE RESPECTIVELY IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT WATER FISH AND FRESH FRUITS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INCREASE OF ONE POINT WAS RECORDED IN THE INDEX FOR HOUSING, MAINLY AS A RESULT OF HIGHER WATER CHARGES.
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES ALSO ROSE BY ONE POINT, DUE TO HIGHER PRICES AND REPAIRING CHARGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.
IN THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B), REFLECTING MONTHLY EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE $1,500-$2,999 GROUP, A FRACTIONAL INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS RECORDED.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ALSO ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AND THAT FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS BY ONE POINT, MAINLY AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
THE EFFECT OF THESE INCREASES AID NOT LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE 'ALL-ITEMS' INDEX, HOWEVER, AS A RESULT OF ROUNDING OFF.
MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF COMMODITY AND SERVICE IN THE TWO MAIN INDICES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
IN COMPARISON, THE OLD GENERAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR AUGUST STOOD AT 188, TWO POINTS OR 1.1 PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT FOR JULY.
AIRMAIL TO TIMOR SUSPENDED
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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT AIRMAIL SERVICES TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
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