TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1992
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Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for September 1992
(Oct. 89
Sep. 90 = 100)
CPT (A)
CPT (A)
Hang Seng CPT
Index change
*
Index
% change
for
Component
Seo 97
over Sep 91
for Sep 92
over Sep 91
Index for Sep 92
Index * change
Composite CP1
* change
over Sep 91
for Sep 92 Sep 91
over
Food
127.2
+8.8
127.8
+8.9
126.3
+10.0
127.3
+9.1
Meals bought
131.8
+10.4
131.8
+10.4
128.0
+11.9
131.0
+10.7
away from home
Food, excluding
122.6
+7.1
122.3
+6.8
123.3
+6.9
122.6
+7.0
meals bought
away from home
Housing
136.3
+14.6
136.4
+15.0
135.5
+11.8
136.1
+13.9
Fuel and light
116.4
+7.0
115.8
+6.8
115.6
+6.3
116.0
+6.8
Alcoholic drinks
161.8
+11.5
154.2
+11.5
150.9
+11.9
157.6
+11.5
and tobacco
Clothing and
118.1
+10.0
119.3
+10.1
125.5
+13.9
121.1
+11.4
footwear
Durable goods
107.1
+2.3
106.7
+2.4
110.6
+4.5
108.0
+3.0
Miscellaneous
116.2
+7.4
115.1
+7.0
114.4
+6.3
115.3
+6.9
goods
Transport
Services
All items
126.4
+6.5
136.4
+7.0
127.7
+7.3
126.7
+6.9
135.6
+12.1
132.1
+10.8
126.5
+10.0
131.5 +11.0
128.3
+9.9
+10.2 127.9
127.5
+10.2
128.0
+10.1
The 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on the expenditure
The CPI (A) is patterns derived from the 1989/90 Household Expenditure Survey. 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 CPT (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 CPT 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), CPI (B) 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 CPT (A), CPT(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.
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/Table 2