MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1991
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DETAILS REGARDING THE HANG SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE CP1 SENG
OF REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT SENG BANK LTD.
HANG HANG
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TABLE 1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (4) AND (B) (OCT. 84 SEP. 85 100)
FOR SEPTEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990
SECTION
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 = 100)
CPL(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE OVER
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE OVER
SEP. 91
SEP. 90
SEP. 91
SEP. 90
FOODSTUFFS
164.
1
+11.4
166.4
+11.7
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING MEALS
183.9
+13.2
184.
5
+13.1
147.2
+9.6
148.6
+10.1
BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
152.0
+11.3
146.0
+11.6
FUEL AND LIGHT
111.9
+3.2
111.2
+3.3
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
223.3
+41.4
220.9
+38.9
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
154.4
+6.1
158.8
+6.8
DURABLE GOODS
131.3
43.
.9
130.3
+3.9
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
149.6
+7.6
149.8
+7.
2
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
176.4
+12.4
174.8
+ 1 1 . 4
SERVICES
191.9
+13.9
189.2
+13.5
ALL ITEMS
162.3
+11.5
161.2
+11.2
THE 1984/85-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
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 $2,000-$6,499 A MONTH IN 1984/85.
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT 30% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE
пр MONTHLY EXPENDITURE $6,500-$9,999 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
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