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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988 AND APRIL 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE OVER
% CHANGE INDEX * CHANGE
* CHANGE
SECTION
APR.88
MAR.88
OVER APR. 87
FOR APR.88
OVER MAR.88
OVER APR.87
FOODSTUFFS
114.8
+1.7
+9.7
115.4
+1.5
+9.8
HOUSING
112.7
+0.9
+3.3
110.1
+0.9
+3.0
FUEL AND
LIGHT
93.0
-0.3
+0.3
93.4
-0.3
-0.1
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION}
123.7
+0.6
+6.1
124.2
+0.7
+6.9
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
123.3
+4.9
+8.1
125.8
+5.9
+8.8
DURABLE GOODS
116.4
+0.7
+6.4
115.8
+0.8
+6.4
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
121.2
+1.3
+6.6
121.3
+1.1
+6.9
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
119.0
+0.8
+4.7
118.2
+0.8
+5.2
SERVICES
124.8
+0.6
+8.6
124.5
+0.6
+9.1
ALL ITEMS
116 .1
+1.1
+7.4
116 .2
+1.1
+7.3
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS BY 1.7 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.5 PER CENT IN CPL(B).
INCREASFÐ
RETAIL PRICES
THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, WHICH MORE TILAN OFFSET THE DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF LIVE POULTRY.
THE INDEX