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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985
THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) FOR DECEMBER 1984 WERE 156.7 AND 157.0 RESPECTIVELY. COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1983, CPI (A) ROSE BY 7.0 POINTS OR 4.6 PER CENT AND CPI (B), BY 7.6 POINTS OR 5.1 PER CENT. COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, CPI (A) INCREASED BY 0.5 POINT OR 0.3 PER CENT AND CP (B), BY 0.4 POINT OR 0.3 PER CENT.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 1984, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI (A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.3 PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI (B) AT 0.4 PER CENT.
DURING DECEMBER, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND RENTALS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DWELLINGS WERE HIGHER.
THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY, THE CPI (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH, AND THE CPI (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.
THE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1984 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1984 AND DECEMBER 1983.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE
100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
SECTION
DEC 83
NOV 84 DEC 84 DEC 83 NOV 84 DEC 84
FOODSTUFFS
HOUSING
FUEL AND LIGHT
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
206.8 208.6
150.1 153.8
150.7 153.9
154.6 154.6
139.8 150.2 152.7 139.6 150.2 152.2
151.2 146.9 146.8 151.1
208.3
146.8
146.7
199.0
201.1 200.8
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
150.1
164.7
165.3
151.1
166.3 167.3
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
123.5
124.6
124.1
126.5
128.9 128.5
/MISCELLANEOUS GOODS