TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991
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ARE THE TO
THE INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES USED FOR THE PURPOSE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND THE BROAD CATEGORY OF GOODS IN QUESTION.
INCREASED
COMPARING WITH DECEMBER 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS
VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF BY 28% IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 5% IN FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 9% IN VALUE AND 1% IN VOLUME.
THE ON
SALES OF CONSUMER CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR
IN
SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL DURABLES WENT UP BY 11% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME. AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY 3% IN SALES VALUE AND 10% SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL
6% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 11% IN VALUE
AND
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF "CONSUMER DURABLES THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" AND SUPERMARKETS BOTH INCREASED BY IN VALUE, AND ROSE BY 8% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.
OTHER
14%
IN
4% IN SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 11% IN VALUE AND VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 5% VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 4% IN VOLUME.
SALES SALES ALCOHOLIC
COMPARING THE YEAR 1990 WITH THE YEAR 1989, TOTAL RETAIL FUELS WENT UP BY 23% IN ROSE BY 7% IN VALUE AND 1% IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, VALUE AND 1% IN SALES VOLUME. DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 12% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.
BY
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP
OF CLOTHING, 10% IN SALES VALUE AND 5% IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE SALES FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 4% IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 3% VOLUME.
IN
VALUE
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3% IN
THE DECREASE IN VOLUME WAS LARGELY DUE BUT DECREASED BY 3% IN VOLUME. TO THE DECREASE IN RETAIL SALES OF JEWELLERY AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS.
WENT ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS
DURABLES OTHER THAN UP BY 16% IN VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME. CONSUMER
9% IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 13% IN SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME,
VOLUME.
BY
DEPARTMENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 13% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 6% IN SALES VALUE BUT DROPPED 1% IN SALES VOLUME.
MOTOR
THAT THIS
NOVEMBER WITH COMPARING
1990, AND BEARING IN MIND COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR DBCEMBER 1990 INCREASED BY 12% IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
FUELS ROSE BY 10% IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME. SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.
RETAIL 7%
IN
/ON THE