THESE FIVE COMPONENTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 75 PER CENT OF THE THE OVERALL INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) AND 70 PER CENT OF THE INCREASE IN CPI(B).
AND
COMPARING OCTOBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE CPI(A)
BOTH CPI (B)
INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT, LARGELY BECAUSE OF HIGHER CHARGES
HIGHER FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, AND PRICES OF CHINESE NEWSPAPERS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS OCTOBER 1990, AT 139.5 AND 139.1 RESPECTIVELY, WERE BOTH 9.5 PER HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1989.
ENDED CENT
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 1990, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN RATE OF 0.9 PER CENT PER MONTH.
AVERAGE
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 EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER 1990 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990 AND OCTOBER 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO OCTOBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI (B)
CPI(A)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
OVER OCT. 89
% CHANGE X CHANGE INDEX % CHANGE X CHANGE OVER
FOR
OVER
OVER OCT. 90 SEP. 90
OCT. 90 SEP, 90 OCT. 89
FOODSTUFFS
147.3
+0.0*
HOUSING
137.3
+0.5
FUEL AND LIGHT
112.8
+4.0
+17.
+9.8 +10.4 .7
149.3 +0.2 131.2 +0.3
+10.2
+10.3
111.7 +3.7
+18.1
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
158.2
+0.2
+18.3
159.5
+0.3
+18.1
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
145.9
+0.3
+7.5
149.2
+0.4
+7.6
FOOTWEAR DURABLE GOODS MISCELLANEOUS
126.9
+0.4
+3.7
125.9
+0.4
+3.6
GOODS 145.1
+4.4
+8.4
TRANSPORT AND
158.6
+1.0
+14.0
144.5 158.5 +1.1
+3.
4
+8.0
+14.7
VEHICLES
SERVICES
169.3
+0.5
+13.2
ALL ITEMS
146.4
+0.6
+10.4
167.5 145.8
+0.5
+12.4
+0.6
+10.4
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
/COMPARING OCTOBER