A
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 26, 1991
TABLE 2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT 89
FOR AUGUST 1991 COMPARED WITH JULY 1991
SECTION
SEPT 90 = 100)
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
* CHANGE OVER
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE OVER
AUG. 91
JULY 91
AUG. 91
JULY 91
FOODSTUFFS
116.8
+0.9
117.1
+0.8
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
118.8
+0.
5
118.8
+0.6
FROM HOME
FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING
114.9
+1.3
114.6
+1.0
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
FROM HOME
HOUSING
118.3
+0.9
117.9
+1.3
FUEL AND LIGHT
108.5
-0.2
108.1
-0.2
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
145.5
+0.1
138.
9
+0.2
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
107.2
-2.1
108.1
-2.1
DURABLE GOODS
104.3
-0.4
103.3
-0.5
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
107.9
-0.1
107.3
-0.0%
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
118.6
+0.5
118.0
+0.4
SERVICES
115.6
+0.5
115.1
+0.6
ALL ITEMS
116.0
+0.6
115.3
+0.5
* LESS THAN 0.05%
THE
PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE CONSUMER 1989/90-BASED
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
OF THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%
AN AVERAGE MONTHLY URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
WHICH HAD IN HONG KONG, EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
30% THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT
MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
(THE 1989/90-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $17,500-$37,499 IN 1989/90.)
THE EXPENDITURE
MONTHLY
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