TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 1985, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.2 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT 0.3 PER CENT PER MONTH.
CPI(B),
DURING OCTOBER, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH AND LIVE POULTRY WERE LOWER. ON THE OTHER HAND, SCHOOL FEES, TEXTBOOK PRICES, TELEPHONE CHARGES AND RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 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) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME, AND THE CPI(B), BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER 1985 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 AND OCTOBER 1984, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE
- 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
% CHANGE OVER OCT 85 SEP 65
% CHANGE
INDEX
% CHANGE % CHANGE
OVER
FOR
OCT 84
OCT 85
OVER SEP 85
OVER
OCT 84
FOODSTUFFS
156.0
-3.4
+0.9
156.9
-2.9
+1.1
HOUSING
156.9 +0.1
+5.0
156.0
+0.3
+4.3
FUEL AND LIGHT
145.6
-0.9
145.8 -OXOX
-0.6
ALCOHOL IC
234.3
+0.1
+12.4
224.8
+0.1
+11.8
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
171.7
+1.0
+8.2
174.6
+1.3
+8.9
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
122.7
+0.2
-1.7
127.9
+0.3
-0.9
MISCELLANEOUS
151.8
-0.2
+0.7
149.4
-0.2
+1.6
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
184.0
+0.1
+7.3
184.4
+0.2
+0.0
VEHICLES
SERVICES
192.4
+4.2
+8.4
186.5
+3.4
+7.3
ALL ITEMS
161.1
-1.0
+3.3
161.7 -0.5
+3.5
* LESS THAN 0.05%.
/COMPARED WITH