WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1988
THE CPI (A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI (B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR FEBRUARY 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 AND FEBRUARY 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
AS
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX % CHANGE
* CHANGE
F
FOR
OVER
OVER
SECTION
FEB.88
JAN.88
FEB.87
INDEX FOR FEB.88
X CHANGE OVER JAN.88
% CHANG⭑ OVER FEB.87
FOODSTUFFS
112.1
+2.6
+8.6
112.8
+2.4
+8.K
HOUSING
111.6
+0.1
+2.8
109.1
+0.1.
+2.3
FUEL AND
LIGHT
93.5
+0.8
+2.7
94.1
+1.0
+2.7
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
117.4
-0.0*
+5.7
118.1
-0.0#
ié.į
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
117.1
-2.1
+8.9
118.4
-2.5
+9.6
DURABLE GOODS
114.7
+0.2
+5.7
113.5
+0.1
+5.5
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
119.6
-0.3
+6.9
119.5
-0.1
+7.3
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
117.7
+0.2
+4.7
116.7
+0.3
+5.4
SERVICES
124.7
+2.4
+9.0
124.6
+2.8
+9.8
ALL ITEMS
114.0
+1.3
+6.
9
114.0
+1.1
+6.8
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS BY 2.6 PER CENT IN CPI (A) AND BY 2.4 PER CENT IN CPI (B).
/THIS WAS
INCREASED
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