TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1988
CPI(A)
8
AND
THE
CPI(B)
AND
KONG,
WERE
ARE BASED 30 PER CENT,
DERIVED WHICH
PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT
THE
HOUSEHOLDS
IN HONG
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS
ON
EXPENDITURE
OF RESPECTIVELY,
FROM
THE
URBAN THE 1984/85
SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND AND $9,999
$6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 A MONTH.
RESPECT OF THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR JULY 1988 IN
THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE
AS INDEXES, COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988 AND JULY 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX * CHANGE X CHANGE
INDEX
SECTION
FOR JUL.88
OVER
OVER
JUN.88
JUL.87
FOR JUL.88
X CHANGE OVER JUN.88
X CHANGE OVER JUL.87
FOODSTUFFS
117.3
+1.9
+11.1
117.9
+1.7
+10.9
HOUSING
113.3
+0.2
+3.2
110.8
+0.2
+2.9
FUEL AND
LIGHT
93.9
-0.3
+1.5
94.6
-0.4
+1.
4
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
121.2
-0.0%
+6.2
124.9
-0.1
+6.5
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
125.4
-0.2
+9.6
127.8
-0.2
+10.0
DURABLE GOODS
118.9
+0.3
+5.6
118.0
+0.2
+5.7
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
123.0
-0.5
+5.7
123.2
-0.5
+6.0
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
120.8
+0.3
+4.4
120.0
+0.2
+4.9
SERVICES
126.3
+0.
4
+9.
1
126.4
+0.5
+9.6
ALL ITEMS
118.0
+0.
9
+8.0
118.1
+0.7
+7.8
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
/COMPARED WITH