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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 IN 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 MONTH.
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1990 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE PRICE INDEXES, AS COMMODITY/SERVICE
IN THE TWO CONSUMER SECTIONS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990 AND DECEMBER 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
DEC. 90
* CHANGE * CHANGE INDEX OVER
OVER DEC. 89 NOV. 90
FOR
DEC. 90
* CHANGE OVER NOV. 90
* CHANGE OVER DEC. 89
FOODSTUFFS
148.5
+0.7
+11.0
150.7
+0.7
+11.1
HOUSING
140.7
+1.8
+12.2
134.1
+1.1
+11.5
FUEL AND
116.8
+1.0
+19.0
115.6
+1.1
+17.8
LIGHT
ALCOHOLIC
162.9
+2.4
+14.9
164.0
+2.2
+15.1
DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
154.0
+2.0
+8.8
158.0
+2.4
+9.7
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
128.6
+0.
5
+4.7
127.4
+0.5
+4.6
MISCELLANEOUS
145.7
+0.1
+7.0
144.8
-0.0%
+6.5
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
160.7
+0.7
+15.1
160.7
+0.8
+15.8
VEHICLES
SERVICES
170.9
+0.3
+13.1
169.5
+0.5
+12.3
ALL ITEMS
148.6
+0.9
+11.3
148.2
+0.9
+11.1
* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARING DECEMBER
WITH NOVEMBER 1990, 1990
THE INDEX FOR THIS IN RESTAURANTS FRUIT AND
FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.7 PER CENT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).
MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS OTHER EATING PLACES AND IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH LIVE POULTRY.
WAS AND
AND
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 1.8 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AND FOR SOME FLATS IN HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES.
FOR INCREASE
PER CENT IN THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 1.0
HIGHER CHARGES CPI(A) AND BY 1.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO ELECTRICITY AND TOWNGAS AS WELL AS THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT IN THE PRICES OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.
/THE INDEX
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