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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990
FIRST QUARTER WAS
AS REGARDS THE CPI(B), THE INCREASE IN THE 9.1 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 9.8 PER CENT AND 9.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF LAST YEAR.
RATES OF INCREASE ON THE YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, THE FASTER
FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND IN THE CPI(A) IN MARCH 1990 WERE RECORDED
7 PER TOBACCO, SERVICES, FOODSTUFFS, AND TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES AT 16.
10.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. CENT, 13.6 PER CENT, 11.9 PER CENT AND
SAME COMPONENTS IN THE CPI (B) THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR THE
AND 10.4 PER CENT WERE 16.5 PER CENT, 13.2 PER CENT, 12.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
WAS PARTLY
WHILE THE INCREASE IN ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
WAS DUE TO HIGHER DUTY RATES, THE INCREASE IN THE SERVICES COMPONENT
FEES AND SCHOOL
HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL MOSTLY DUE TO HIGHER TREATMENT.
LARGELY DUE AS FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT, THE INCREASE WAS
AND HIGHER PRICES TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
INCREASE IN TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES WAS FOR FRESH VEGETABLES. THE PARTLY DUE TO INCREASE IN BUS FARES.
IN THE
CPI (A)
AND
QUARTERS
THE
THESE FOUR COMPONENTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE
OVER THREE
OF OVERALL INCREASE INCREASE IN THE CPI(B).
COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH FEBRUARY 1990, THE BY 1.1 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B), BY 1.0 PER CENT.
CPI(A) INCREASED
MONTHS ENDED THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12
PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER MARCH 1990 WERE 10.0 PER CENT AND 9.6 THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED MARCH 1989.
SEASONALLY RATE OF 0.9
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 1990, THE ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE PER CENT PER MONTH.
THE
CPI(A) AND
PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT
HOUSEHOLDS
IN
HONG
THE CPI(B) ARE
30 PER AND
WERE KONG, WHICH
CENT,
DERIVED
BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE OF URBAN RESPECTIVELY,
THE 1984/85 FROM
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS
AND $9,999 $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 A MONTH.
AS
OF THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1990 IN RESPECT
THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990 AND MARCH 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
/(OCTOBER 1984