TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
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(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
SECTION
INDEX FOR MAR. 89
% CHANGE % CHANGE
INDEX % CHANGE % CHANGE
OVER FEB.89
OVER MAR.88
FOR MAR.89
OVER FEB.89
OVER MAR.88
FOODSTUFFS
126.0
-1.5
+11.6
127.1
-1.2
+11.8
HOUSING
118.3
+0.2
+5.9
114.4
+0.2
+4.8
FUEL AND
LIGHT
95.7
+1.2
+2.6
96.3
+1.3
+2.7
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION}
131.5
+4.4
+7.0
132.4
+4.1
+7.2
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
129.4
+0.6
+10.1
131.4
+0.8
+10.6
DURABLE GOODS
121. 1
+0.5
+4.7
120.4
+0.8
+4.9
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
131.0
+0.8
+9.5
130.6
+1.0
+9.1
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
131.1
+0.4
+11.1
130.3
+0.5
+11.2
SERVICES
135.5
-0.7
+9.2
135.8
-0.8
+9.8
ALL ITEMS
125.4
-0.5
+9.5
125.1
-0.3
+9.2
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.2 PER CENT IN CPI(B).
THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, LIVE POULTRY, SALT-WATER FISH AND FRESH-WATER FISH, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES.
THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.3 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO THE UPWARD FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR TOWNGAS AND THE FULL EFFECT OF THE INCREASES IN THE PRICES OF KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS,
THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO {FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) INCREASED BY 4.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 4.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF CIGARETTES DUE TO INCREASED DUTIES.
/THE INDEX