WHURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981
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THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT IN BOTH NEW C.P. I. (A) AND NEW C.P.I.(B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT.
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUITS, LIVE POULTRY, SALT-WATER FISH AND MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS.
THE EFFECTS OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR THE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(A) INCREASED BY SIX POINTS AND THAT IN NEW
C.P. I. (B) BY SEVEN POINTS AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR SUMMER OUTERCLOTHING.
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.
REFLECTING THE FULL IMPACT OF THE UPWARD REVISION OF BUS FARES SINCE APRIL AND THE EFFECT OF INCREASES IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES AND THE M.T.R. FARES IN MAY. THE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(A) INCREASED BY SIX POINTS AND THAT IN NEW C.P.I.(B) BY FOUR POINTS.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) (JULY 73/JUNE 74 - 100) FOR MAY 1981 WERE 181 AND 180 RESPECTIVELY, EACH BE ING TWO POINTS OR 1.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1980, C.P. I. (A) INCREASED BY 24 POINTS OR 15.3 PER CENT AND C.P.1.(B) BY 23 POINTS OR 14.6 PER CENT.
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR MAY 1981, WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SALE AT $2 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
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