MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1993
IN CPI
COMPARING JULY 1993 WITH JULY 1992, RELATIVELY SLOWER INCREASES PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR DURABLE GOODS (2.0% IN BOTH CPI (A) AND (B); FUEL AND LIGHT (3.6% IN BOTH CPIS); FOOD EXCLUDING MEALS AT RESTAURANTS (5.5% IN BOTH CPIS); MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES (7.3% IN THE CPI (A) AND 7.0% IN THE CPI (B)); MISCELLANEOUS GOODS (7.4% AND 6.7%); AND CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR (7.4% AND 8.0%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, RELATIVELY FASTER INCREASES IN PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR HOUSING (12.5% IN THE CPI (A) AND 13.2% IN THE CPI (B)); AND ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (9.5% AND 8.7%).
AS FOR MEALS AT RESTAURANTS AND TRANSPORT, THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES WERE 8.5% AND 8.7% IN THE CPI (A) AND 8.4% AND 8.0% IN THE CPI (B).
COMPARING JULY 1993 WITH JUNE 1993, THE CPI (A) DECREASED BY WHILE THE CPI (B) INCREASED BY 0.1%. HOWEVER, THIS COMPARISON COULD BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS.
0.2%
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1993, THE CPI (A) WAS, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.4% THAN IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1992. THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE FOR THE CPI (B) WAS 8.7%.
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO JULY 1993, THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.5% AND 8.9% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1992.
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY 1993, THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.8% AND 9.2% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.
WERE,
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CPIS. DESEASONALISED CPI (A) AND CPI (B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.6% PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1993.
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR JULY 1993, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $12 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, HANGHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
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DETAILS REGARDING THE HAND SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.
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