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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1986
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE
100)
NEW CPI(A)
NEW CPI(B)
INDEX FOR % CHANGE
INDEX FOR %% CHANGE
SECTION
JUL. 86
OVER JUN. 86 JUL, 86
OVER JUN. 86
FOODSTUFFS
103.3
+1.2
103.3
+0.9
HOUSING
104.7
+0.1
104.2
+0.1
FUEL AND LIGHT
89.3
-0.0%
89.9
+0.2
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
110.4
+0.0%
110.1
+0.1
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
107.8
-0.4
108.8
-0.4
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
105.7
+0.1
105.0
-0.0%
MISCELLANEOUS
103.7
+0.3
104.5
+0.2
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
106.8
+0.1
106.0
+0.1
VEHICLES
SERVICES
108.7
+0.0%
108.3
-0.0*
ALL ITEMS
104.4
+0.5
104.5
+0.3
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 0.9 PER CENT IN 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 FRESH FRUIT AND LIVE POULTRY.
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DECREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT IN BOTH NEW CPI(A) AND NEW CPI(B) DUE TO LOWER PRICES OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OUTERCLOTHING.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
(FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CP1 FIGURES TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.)
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