THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1983
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THE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1983 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1982 AND JANUARY 1982.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE =
100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
SECTION
JAN.82 DEC.82 JAN.83 JAN.82 DEC.82
JAN.83
FOODSTUFFS
127
138
137
127
139
137
HOUSING
121
131
133
121
130
132
FUEL AND LIGHT
136
140
145
136
140
146
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
123
127
130
122
126
129
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
123
136
135
123
136
136
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
107
109
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
119
127
128
117
126
127
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
137
145
145
134
146
147
SERVICES
131
141
144
131
141
142
ALL ITEMS
125
135
135
125
135
135
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY ONE POINT IN CPI(A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN CPI(B). REDUCTIONS WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES OWING TO INCREASED SUPPLY AND IN THOSE OF FRESH FRUIT AS A RESULT OF LOWER PRICES OF ORANGES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH AND THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS INCREASED.
THE TWO-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR HOUSING IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER RENTS FOR PRIVATE DWELLINGS.
THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY FIVE POINTS IN CPI(A) AND BY SIX POINTS IN CPI(B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY,
THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) INCREASED BY THREE POINTS IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B), REFLECTING THE FULL IMPACT OF HIGHER PRICES OF CIGARETTES.
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DECREASED BY ONE POINT IN CPI(A) AS A RESULT OF LOWER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING.
/THE INDEX