Table 1
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1992
Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for July 1992
(Oct. 89
Sep. 90 100)
Component
CPI (A)
Index % change
for
over Jul 92 Jul 91
CPI (B)
Index % change
for
over Jul 92 Jul 91
Index for
over Jul 92 Jul 91
Hang Seng CPI
% change
Index
Composite CPI
change
for
over
Jul 92 Jul 91
Food
134.5
+7.5
125.5
+8.0
124.3 +9.1
124.8
+8.0
Meals bought
130.3 +10.2
130.1 +10.1
126.7
+11.4
129.4
+10.4
away from home
Food, excluding
118.8
+4.8
119.1
+4.9
120.3
+5.3
119.1
+4.9
meals bought
away from home
Housing
131.7
+12.4
132.3 +13.6
132.9
+11.9
132.3
+12.7
Fuel and light.
116.4
+7.1
115.8
+6.9
115.6
+6.4
116.0
+6.9
Alcoholic drinks
161.7 +11.2
154.0
+11.1
150.5
+11.0
157.4
+11.1
and tobacco
Clothing and
118.2
+8.0
119.0
+7.7
124.0
+16.5
120.5
+10.7
footwear
Durable goods
106.9
+2.1
106.0
+2.1
109.2
+4.5
107.2
+2.8
Miscellaneous
115.2
+6.7
114.3
+6.5
113.6
+5.9
114.4 +6.4
goods
Transport
135.5
+6.4
125.4
-6.7
126.3
+6.4
125.7
+6.5
Services
129.5 +12.6
127.4 +11.3
123.2
+10.2
126.7 +11.4
All items
125.5 +8.8
125.4
+9.3
125.4 +10.1
125.4
+9.3
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 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. 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 CPT(A), CPT (5) and Hang Seng CPT 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 CPT 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