TABLE 1
SECTION
7
THRUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1991
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT 84
FOR AUGUST 1991 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990
SEPT 85 = 100)
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX
FOR
X CHANGE OVER
INDEX
FOR
* CHANGE OVER
AUG. 91
AUG. 90
AUG. 91
AUG. 90
FOODSTUFFS
163.8
+12.8
166.0
+12.8
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
182.9
+13.4
183.5
+13.3
FROM HOME
FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING
147.5
+12.1
148.6
+12.2
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
FROM HOME
HOUSING
151.2
+13.4
144.9
+12.7
FUEL AND LIGHT
111.4
+6.7
110.8
+6.3
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
223.9
+42.1
221.8
+39.9
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
154.4
+6.1
158.6
+6.7
DURABLE GOODS
130.9
+3.9
129.5
+3.9
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
149.3
+8.0
149.2
+7.8
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
176.2
+12.7
174.7
+12.0
SERVICES
182.9
+14.9
181.6
+13.8
ALL ITEMS
161.1
+12.7
159.9
+12.0
THE
CONSUMER
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
BASED ON PRICE INDEXES ARE 1984/85-BASED
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85
THE
URBAN
OF
THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%
IN
KONG, HOUSEHOLDS
WHICH HONG
HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $2,000-$6,499 A MONTH IN 1984/85.
30% THE CPI (B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT
MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE $6,500-$9,999 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
(THE 1984/85-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$24,999 IN 1984/85.)
THE EXPENDITURE
MONTHLY
/TAPLE 2