TABLE 2
SECTION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 89 FOR NOVEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1991
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SEP. 90 = 100)
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE
INDEX
OVER
FOR
% CHANGE OVER
NOV. 91
OCT. 91
NOV. 91 OCT. 91
FOOD
116.6
-0.0*
117.5
+0.2
MEALS BOUGHT
AWAY FROM HOME
120.7
+0.5
120.7
+0.6
FOOD, EXCLUDING
MEALS BOUGHT
112.5
-0.6
113.1
-0.4
AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
121.0
+0. 8
121.0
+1.0
FUEL AND LIGHT
109.8
+0.4
109.
3
+0.4
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
145.9
+0.4
139.
7
+0.6
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
113.6
+4.8
114.7
+5.0
DURABLE GOODS
105.4
+0.0*
105.2
-0.0*
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
112.6
+0.2
110.8
+0.3
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
119.3
-0.0%
118.8
+0.0*
SERVICES
121.4
+0.1
119.6
+0.2
ALL ITEMS
117.7
+0.4
117.6
+0.7
* LESS THAN 0.05%
THE 1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD 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 $2,500-$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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