FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1986
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MISCELLANEOUS
102.7
103.4
+0.1
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
106.0
+1.6
105.1
+1.1
VEHICLES
SERVICES
108.4
+0.2
108.0
+0.2
ALL ITEMS
103.0
+0.6
103.4
+0.7
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1986, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.1 PER CENT IN BOTH NEW CPI(A) AND NEW CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH AND SHRIMPS. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 0.8 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 0.6 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B) DUE TO PLIGHER RENTS AND RATES FOR SOME PRIVATE DWELLINGS AND FOR SOME HOUSING SOCIETY AND HOUSING AUTHORITY BROUP A ESTATES.
THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT DECREASED BY 3.7 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 3.5 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF DOMINEES FUEL COST ADJUSTMENTS FOR ELECTRICITY AND TOWNÉAS AS WELL AS PRICES OF KEROSENË AND LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS,
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WENT UP XY A.6 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 5.4 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHINGS.
THE INDEX FOR DURABLE BOODS INCREASED BY 2.6 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 2.3 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(3), MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, VIDEO AND SOUND EQUIPMENT, WATCHES AND CAMERAS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN,
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES ROSE BY 1.6 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 1.1 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER BUS AND TRAIN FARES, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASE IN THE RETAIL PRICE OF GASOLINE.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
(FIGURES PRESENT IN THE PRESS RELEASE REFER TO CPI SERIES
ALL NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES.
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