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FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1991
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING APRIL 1991, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) OF THE 1989/90-BASED SERIES INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 1.5% AND 1.3% PER MONTH RESPECTIVELY.
BASED ON THE PRICE INDEXES ARE CONSUMER THE 1989/90-BASED
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90 SURVEY.
OF
THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%
HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY WHICH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
30%
OF
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT
EXPENDITURE MONTHLY OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
PRICE MOVEMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE BASED ON THE CPI SERIES.
1989/90-BASED
THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1991 IN RESPECT OF
INDEXES, PRICE
AS IN THE TWO CONSUMER SECTIONS COMMODITY/SERVICE
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991 ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
SECTION
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
APR 91
% CHANGE OVER MAR 91
INDEX FOR
APR 91
% CHANGE OVER MAR 91
FOODSTUFFS
112.5
+0.8
113.2
+0.8
MEALS BOUGHT, AWAY
FROM HOME
115 .4
+1.0
115.2
+1.0
FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING
109.7
+0.6
110.3
+0.5
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
FROM HOME
HOUSING
114.9
+2.3
114.2
+1.
9
FUEL AND LIGHT
109.1
--1.7
108.8
-1.5
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
180.2
+8.6
162.5
+7.2
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
109.2
+6.7
110.4
+7.5
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
104.4
+0.2
104.1
+0.
2
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
107.1
+0.4
106.5
+0.3
TRANSPORT AND
115.1
+4.5
115.1
+3.1
VEHICLES
SERVICES
112.7
+0.6
111
6
+0.7
ALL ITEMS
113.9
+1.8
113.0
+1.7
FOODSTUFFS COMPARING APRIL 1991 WITH MARCH 1991, THE INDEX FOR
THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASED BY 0.8% IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).
OTHER EATING INCREASES IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND PLACES AND IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES.
/THE INDEX