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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989
THE DURING
THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 1989. THE SEASONALLY
PER CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 1.1 ADJUSTED CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CP1(B), AT 1.0 PER CENT PER MONTH.
THE CPL(A) AND THE CP1(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.
IN
EXPENDITURE
THE CPI(A)
REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CFI(8) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.
AND
C'HANGES
NINE IN THE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1989 IN RESPECT OF THE
SECTIONS IN
PRICE THE TWO CONSUMER COMMODITY/SERVICE
INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988 AND JANUARY 1988, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPL(A)
CP1(B)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
JAN.89
% CHANGE % CHANGE OVER DEC.88
OVER JAN.98
INDEX FOR JAN.89
% CHANGE % CHANGE OVER
OVER DEC.88 JAN.88
FOODSTUFFS
123.2
+2.
4
+12.
7
124.
2
+2.3
+12.8
HOUSING
117.7
+0.4
+5.5
113.7
+0.
6
+4.3
FUEL AND LIGHT
94.0
+1.3
94.6
+1.3
+1.5
+
ALCOHOLIC
125.7
+0.2
+7.0
126.8
+0.3
+7.4
DRINKS AND
TOBACTO
I FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
130.6
- 1.5
+9.1
132.6
-2.0
+9.2
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
120.
3
+0.3
+5.2
119.5
+0.2
+5.4
MISCELLANEOUS
130.2
-0.6
+8.6
129.4
-0.6
+8.2
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
123.9
+1.3
+5.5
123.6
+1.4
+6.1
VEHICLES
SERVICES
134.2
+0.6
+10.3
134.4
+0.7
+10.9
ALL ITEMS
123.1
+1.2
+9.5
123.0
+1.0
+9.1
/COMPARED WITH