FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1990
ESTIMATES
ARE PUBLISHED AT AROUND SECRETARY
THE PRELIMINARY GDP FEBRUARY/MARCH OF EACH YEAR AT THE TIME WHEN THE FINANCIAL PRESENTS HIS ANNUAL BUDGET.
DATA FOR THE BY EXTRAPOLATION REVISED AT HALF-
THESE ESTIMATES ARE COMPILED BASED ON PARTIAL PREVIOUS YEAR, WITH THE DATA GAPS BEING BRIDGED UP
THEY ARE THEN AND OTHER STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES. YEARLY INTERVALS OVER THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS AS INCREASINGLY COMPLETE DATA BECOME AVAILABLE.
THESE
SUCCESSIVE ESTIMATES ARE
LABELLED RESPECTIVELY
AS
"REVISED
T
ESTIMATES" "PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES", "REVISED PRELIMINARY PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES" AND "FINAL ESTIMATES".
MAY BE STATISTICS
FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE REVISED GDP ESTIMATES OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 5077.
TABLE 1: REVISED EXPENDITURE-BASED
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) ESTIMATES FOR 1988 AND 1989
REVISED PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES FOR 1988
REVISED PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR 1989
AT CURRENT
AT CONSTANT
(1980)
MARKET
MARKET
AT CURRENT MARKET
AT CONSTANT
(1980)
MARKET
PRICES
PRICES
PRICES
PRICES
*
%
X
CHANGE
CHANGE
I.EXPENDITURE
OVER
COMPONENTS
HK$MN 1987
HK$MN
OVER 1987
CHANGE OVER
CHANGE
OVER
HK$MN
1988 HK$MN 1988
1.PRIVATE
255,745 +15.3 150,075
+8.4 284,241
+11.1 154,645 +3.0
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
2.GOVERNMENT
30,008 +16.4
14,600
+5.1 36,334
+21.1
15,445
+5.8
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
3.GROSS
112,051 +25.5
60,874
+6.5 128,388
+14.6
61,697
+1.4
DOMESTIC
FIXED
CAPITAL
FORMATION
/4. CHANGE IN