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6.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1978
THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS WENT UP BY TWO POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I.(A) AND C.P.I.(B) OWING TO HIGHER PRICES FOR CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES.
INCREASES OF ONE POINT EACH WERE RECORDED IN THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS AND FOR SERVICES IN BOTH C.P.1. (A) AND C.P.I.(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR WOODEN FURNITURE AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAIR-DRESSING,
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES IN C.P.1. (B) ALSO WENT UP BY ONE POINT FOLLOWING HIGHER FARES BEING CHARGED BY PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.
LOWER PRICES FOR SOME OUTERCLOTHING ITEMS CAUSED THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR TO DROP BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P.I.(A) AND C.P.I.(B).
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE C.P.I.(A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE OF BETWEEN $400 - $1,499 A MONTH AND THE C.P.I.(B), BETWEEN $1.500 $2,999 A MONTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
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SURVEY, 1973/74.
THE SECTION INDICES FOR JANUARY 1978 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1977 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
C.P.I.(A)
C.P.I.(B)
SECTION
JAN. 78 DEC. 77 JAN. 77 JAN. 78 DEC.
77
JAN. 77
FOODSTUFFS
116
111
110
117
112
111
HOUSING
127
127
121
126
126
119
FUEL AND
LIGHT
135
135
132
134
134
131
ALCOHOL IC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
137
137
131
133
133
128
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
172
133
101
131
102
101
DURABLE GOODS
111
110
103
103
107
10€
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
127
125
124
124
122
121
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
117
117
113
122
121
118
SERVICES
134
133
126
135
134
126
ALL ITEMS
121
117
115
121
110
115
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