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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1988 IN RESPECT OF COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE COMPARED WITH JULY 1988 AND AUGUST 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
THE NINE
INDEXES,
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(8)
INDEX * CHANGE % CHANGE
INDEX
SECTION
FOR AUG.88
OVER JUL.88
OVER AUG.87
FOR AUG.88
% CHANGE * CHANGE
OVER
OVER JUL.88 AUG.87
FOODSTUFFS
119.4
+1.8
+10.6
119.7
+1.5
+10.6
HOUSING
113.7
+0.3
+3.3
111.3
+0.4
+3.0
FUEL AND
LIGHT
93.1
-0.9
+0.6
93.8
-0.
.8
+0.7
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION}
124.5
+0.3
+6.6
125.3
+0.4
+6.9
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
122.6
-2.2
+8.7
124.7
-2.4
+9.1
DURABLE GOODS
119.0
+0.1
+5.9
118.0
-0.0*
+5.9
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
123.0
-0.0*
+4.7
123.0
-0.1
+5.2
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
120.8
+0.0*
+4.3
120,0
+0.0#
+4.6
SERVICES
126.8
+0.4
+9.1
127.1
+0.6
+9.4
ALL ITEMS
118.9
+0.8
+7.7
118.7
+0.5
+7.5
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARED WITH JULY 1988, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED 1.8 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.5 PER CENT ÎN CPI(B).
BY
/THIS WAS