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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1990
SEASONALLY DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 1990, THE ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.7 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), AT 0.8 PER CENT PER MONTH.
IN
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 HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.
EXPENDITURE
$2,000 AND
THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTIL.
THE NINE INDEXES, AS
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1990 IN RESPECT OF
SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE COMMODITY/SERVICE COMPARED WITH MAY 1990 AND JUNE 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
JUN. 90
% CHANGE OVER MAY 90
% CHANGE INDEX OVER JUN. 89
FOR
JUN. 90
% CHANGE OVER MAY 90
X CHANGE OVER JUN. 89
FOODSTUFFS
143.9
+1.6
+8.9
145.6
+1.4
+9.5
HOUSING
131.1
+0.7
+7.9
126.0
+0.9
+7.8
FUEL AND LIGHT
103.9
-0.1
+8.2
104.0
-0.1
+7.9
ALCOHOLIC
157.7
+0.2
+18.2
158.7
+0.3
+18.0
DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
147.3
+0.1
+7.3
150.6
+0.1
+7.3
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
125.8
+0.5
+2.8
124.9
+0.5
+2.7
MISCELLANEOUS 137.3
+0.1
+4.4
137.8
+0.2
+4.9
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
155.0
+0.9
+15.3
154.5
+1.1
+15.5
VEHICLES
SERVICES
157.1
+0.4
+12.7
157.4
+0.5
+12.8
ALL ITEMS
141.7
+1.0
+9.1
141.3
+0.9
+9.3
/COMPARING JUNE