TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1979
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WENT UP BY TWO POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I.(B). RISES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF PORK, LIVE POULTRY, FRESH-WATER FISH AND EGGS. BUT A REDUCTION WAS RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SALT-WATER FISH. MOVEMENTS IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ADVANCED BY THREE POINTS EACH IN C.P.I.(A) AND C.P.I.(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO,
LOWER PRICES FOR MEN'S OUTERCLOTHING, WOMEN'S OUTERCLOTHING, AND CHILDREN'S OUTERCLOTHING CAUSED THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR TO FALL BY TWO POINTS EACH IN C.P.I.(A) AND C.P.I.(B).
THE RISE OF ONE POINT EACH IN THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS IN C.P.1.(A) AND C.P.1.(B) WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR FURNITURE.
THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ROSE BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I.(A) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR TOILET REQUISITES, SOAP AND DETERGENTS, AND TOYS AND HOBBIES.
HIGHER FARES FOR TAXI AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS, COUPLED WITH HIGHER PRICES FOR GASOLINE FROM JANUARY 26 PUSHED THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES UP BY EIGHT POINTS IN C.P.I.(A) AND BY NINE POINTS IN C.P.I.(B).
THE INDEX FOR SERVICES WENT UP BY THREE POINTS EACH IN C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.1.(B). THIS WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR SCHOOL STATIONERY, HIGHER CHARGES FOR CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING, AND TRADITIONAL INCREASE IN CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
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