TABLE 1
SECTION
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 84 - - SEP. 85 = 100) FOR NOVEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR NOV. 91
%% CHANGE
INDEX
OVER
FOR
% CHANGE OVER
NOV. 90
NOV. 91 NOV. 90
FOOD
163.7
+11.0
166.3
+11.2
MEALS BOUGHT
AWAY FROM HOME
185.9.
+11.7
186.5
+11.7
FOOD, EXCLUDING
MEALS BOUGHT
144.8
+10.3
146.5
+10.6
AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
153.9
+11.3
148.1
+11.7
FUEL AND LIGHT
113.0
-2.3
112.2
-1.9
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
224.3
+40.9
222.5
+38.6
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION}
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
162.6
+7.7
167.2
+8.3
DURABLE GOODS
132.5
+3.6
131.6
+3.8
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
156.2
+7.
3
155.2
+7.2
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
177.4
+11.2
175.9
+10.4
SERVICES
192.9
+13.3
190.5
+12.9
ALL ITEMS
163.5
+11.0
162.9
+10.9
THE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
1984/85-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 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 $2,000-$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 MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $6,500-$9,999 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
(THE 1984/85-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$24,999 IN 1984/85.)
MONTHLY
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