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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1988
THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
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.
AS
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988 AND SEPTEMBER 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
SEP. 88
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
% CHANGE X CHANGE OVER AUG. 88
OVER SEP. 87
INDEX FOR SEP. 88
% CHANGE OVER AUG. 88
% CHANGE OVER SEP. 87
FOODSTUFFS
121.1
+1.4
+12.0
121.5
+1.4
+11.8
HOUSING
115.4
+1.6
+ 3.9
112.0
+0.6
+ 3.3
FUEL AND
LIGHT
92.7
-0.4
+ 0.2
93.4
-0.5
+ 0.2
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
124.4
0.1
+ 6.4
125.2
-0.1
+ 6.7
CLOTHING
AND
FOOTWEAR
122.7
+0.1
+ 8.4
124.9
+0.2
+ 8.7
DURABLE
GOODS
119.4
+0.4
+ 6.0.
118.6
+0.6
+ 6.0
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
123.3
+0.3
+ 4.8
123.7
+0.6
+ 5.1
TRANSPORT
AND
VEHICLES
121.0
+0.2
+ 4.1
120.2
+0.1
+ 4.4
SERVICES
131.5
+3.7
+12.6
131.2
+3.2
+12.5
ALL ITEMS
120.5
+1.3
+ 8.8
120.0
+1.1
+ 8.3
/COMPARED WITH