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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL PUBLISHED
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1988.
PUBLISHED
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100) FOR REPRESENTING INCREASES
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCTOBER 84/SEPTEMBER APRIL 1988 WERE 116.1 AND 116.2 RESPECTIVELY, OF 7.4 PER CENT AND 7.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER APRIL 1987.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988 AND BEARING COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) AND
IN MIND THAT THIS BOTH INCREASED BY 1.4 PER CENT.
CPI (B)
MONTHS ENDED
THE AVERAGE CPI (A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 APRIL 1988, AT 111.8 AND 111.9 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 6.3 PER CENT AND 6.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS APRIL 1987.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED APRIL 1988, ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE PER CENT PER MONTH.
ENDED
THE SEASONALLY
RATE OF 0.
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THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B) ARE BASED PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT
ON THE EXPENDITURE AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, HOUSEHOLDS IN
KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
FROM THE
HONG
OF
URBAN 1984-85
BETWEEN $2,000 AND AND $9.999
THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING $6,499 A MONTI AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 A MONTH.
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