TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1992
Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for March 1992
(Oct. 89 Sep. 90 = 100)
Component
CPI (A) Index for Mar. 92 Mar.91
CPI (8)
change
Index
change
over
for
over
Mar.92 Mar.91
for Mar.92 Mar.91
Hang Seng CPI
Index change
over
Composite CPI____
Index change
for Mar.92 Mar 91
over
Food
123.0
+10.2
123.6 +10.2
Meals bought
126.9
+11.1
126.7
+11.1
121.8 +9.6
122.6
123.0
+10.1
+9.9
125.9 +10.8
away from home
Food, excluding
119.1
+9.3
119.4
+8.8
120.4 +8.9
119.4
+9.0
meals bought
avay from home
Housing
126.4 +12.5
126.1
+12.5
127.3 +11.8
126.6 +12.J
Fuel and light
114.4
+3.1
113.8
+3.0
114.0
+2.9
114.1
+3.0
Alcoholic drinks
157.1
-5.3
148.9
-1.8
145.0
+0.4
152.5
-3.4
and tobacco
Clothing and
110.5
+7.9
110.7
+7.8
119.2
+16.9
113.6 +10.9
footwear
Durable goods
108.5
+4.1
108.4
+4.3
110.9
+6.4
109.2
+4.9
Miscellaneous
114.7 +7.6
113.5
+7.0
113.0
+6.3
113.8
+7.0
goods
Transport
121.8 +10.5
122.0
+9.2
123.1
+7.8
122.2
+9.3
Services
124.3 +11.0
122.6 +10.7
119.1
+9.0
122.1 +10.3
All items
122.5
+9.5
121.9
+9.7
121.8 +10.1.
122.1
+9.7
The 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on the expenditure patterns derived from the 1989/90 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPI (A) is based on the expenditure pattern of about 50% of urban householas 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. The Hang Seng CPI is based on the expenditure pattern of the next 10% of urban households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $17,500-$37,499 in 1989/90.
Whereas the CPI(A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI are based on the expenditure patterns of groups of households with different magnitudes of household expenditure, the Composite CPI is compiled based on the expenditure pattern of all these households taken together. Thus, while the CPI(A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI show the impact of consumer price changes on different groups of households, the Composite CPI shows the impact of consumer price changes on the household sector generally,
/TABLE 2