WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991
TABLE 2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 89 - SEP. 90 = 100)
FOR JULY 1991 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
X CHANGE OVER
INDEX FOR
* CHANGE
OVER
SECTION
JULY 91
JUNE 91
JULY 91
JUNE 91
FOODSTUFFS
115.7
+1.0
116.2
+1.1
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
118.1
+1.2
118.2
+1.3
FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING MEALS
113.4
+0.8
113.5
+0.7
BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
117.2
+0.8
116.4
+0.7
FUEL AND LIGHT
108.7
+0.3
108.3
+0.1
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
145.4
+0.1
138.5
+0.
3
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
109.4
-1.6
110.5
-1.7
DURABLE GOODS
104.7
-0.3
103.8
-0.8
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
108.0
+0.3
107.3
+0.2
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES SERVICES
117.9
+0.6
117.5
+0.7
115.0
+0.8
114.4
+1.1
ALL ITEMS
115.4
+0.7
114.8
+0.6
THE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
OF
THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50% URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT 30% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
MONTHLY
(THE 1989/90-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $17,500-$37,499 IN 1989/90.)
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