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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985
THE CPI(A) REFERS 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 AUGUST 1985 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY-SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1985 AND AUGUST 1984.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE = 100)
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CP1(A)
CPI(B)
SECTION
AUG.84
JUL.85 AUG.85
AUG.84
JUL.85 AUG.85
FOODSTUFFS
HOUSING
156.9 155.6 156.4
146.2 155.4 155.6
156.5 157.3
147.0 154.7
157.2
FUEL AND LIGHT
147.2
145.6
145.6
147.1
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
208.6
233.8
233.9
154.9
145.7 145.9
201.2 224.2 224.3
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
154.0
169.2
167.2
154.0 170.9
168.4
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
MISCELLANEOUS
150.2 150.9
125.2 122.8 122.4
151.2
129.2
146.8
127.7
147.8 148.2
127.4
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
170.1
182.5
182.6
173.0 183.0 183.1
VEHICLES
SERVICES
ALL ITEMS
171.0 183.0 183.9
155.7 159.6 159.9
168.4 178.9
155.4 159.9
179.6
160.1
COMPARED WITH JULY 1985, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.8 POINT IN CPI(A) AND 0.7 POINT IN CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUIT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF LIVE POULTRY AND SALT-WATER FISH DECREASED. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
/LOWER PRICES .......