FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1981
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NEW C.P.I.(A)
NEW C.P.I.(B)
COMPONENT
MAR.81
FEB.81
MAR.81 FEB.81
FOODSTUFFS
115
114
115
114
HOUSING
109
109
109
109
FUEL AND LIGHT
135
130
136
130
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
111
111
110
110
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
111
109
111
109
DURABLE GOODS
105
104
105
104
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
107
107
107
108
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
115
117
116
117
SERVICES
114
115
114
114
ALL ITEMS
113
112
113
112
THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT IN BOTH THE NEW C.P.I.(A) AND NEW C.P.I.(B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT.
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND RICE, AND OF MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH, LIVE POULTRY, EGGS, SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS DECREASED. THE EFFECTS OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WERE INS IGN IF ICANT.
ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHER COST OF FUEL OIL, ELECTRICITY RATES FOR MARCH WERE INCREASED AND CONSEQUENTLY THE INDEX FOR THE FUEL AND LIGHT COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(A) INCREASED BY FIVE POINTS AND THAT IN NEW C.P.1.(B) BY SIX POINTS.
THE INDEX FOR THE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR COMPONENT IN BOTH NEW C.P.I.(A) AND NEW C.P.I.(B) INCREASED BY TWO POINTS AS RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR OUTERCLOTHING ITEMS AS WELL AS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR.
THE ONE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR THE DURABLE GOODS COMPONENT IN BOTH NEW C.P.I.(A)AND NEW C.P.I.(B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR ELECTRICAL CONSUMER GOODS, TELEVISION AND SOUND EQUIPMENT.
LOWER PRICE FOR GENUINE JEWELLERY CAUSED THE INDEX FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS GOODS COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(B) TO DECREASE BY ONE POINT.
/THE INDEX