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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1986
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE - 100)
NEW CPI(A)
NEW CPI(B)
INDEX % CHANGE % CHANGE
FOR
SECTION
OVER NOV. 86 OCT. 86
OVER NOV. 85
FOR
INDEX * CHANGE % CHANGE
OVER OVER NOV. 86 OCT. 86 NOV.
NOV. 85
E
FOODSTUFFS
101.3
-0.4
+2.2
101.9
-0.3
+2.4
HOUSING
106.8
+0.2
+4.1
105.7
+0.2
+3.7
FUEL AND LIGHT
89.2
+0.1
-10.7
89.9
+0.0%
-10.1
ALCOHOLIC
110.4
+0.3
+5.0
110.2
+0.4
+5.1
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND 110.3
+0.7
+5.5
111.6
+0.8
+6.1
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS 108.2
+0.5
+8.2
107.4
+0.5
+7.4
MISCELLANEOUS
111.5
+4.2
+10.6
111.1
+3.3
+9.7
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
107.2
-0.0%
+3.9
106.6
+0.0%
+3.5
VEHICLES
SERVICES
113.5
+0.1
+7.1
112.6
+0.1
+7.0
ALL ITEMS
105.0
+0.2
+3.8
105.5
+0.2
+4.0
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND BY 0.3 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH, FRESH-WATER FISH AND FRESH FRUIT, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX