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WITH DECEMBER 1993, THE CPI(A) AND
COMPARING JANUARY 1994 CPI (B) DECREASED BY 0.3% AND 0. 1% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THIS COMPARISON COULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS.
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 7.8% AND 8.0% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993.
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994, THE CPI(A) AND WERE,
ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.2% AND 8.4% RESPECTIVELY THAN PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.
CPI (B) IN THE
THE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CPI'S. DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.1% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994.
HOWEVER, THESE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FIGURES MAY NOT HAVE TAKEN ADEQUATE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR JANUARY 1994, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $16.5 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT
THE PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION CRNSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,
OF
BUILDING,
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FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS, CONTACT SHOULD BE MADE WITH
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG.
THE
FRENCH MISSION
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDICES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER
SECTION INDEX
OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
ON
PRICE 805 6403.
REPORT
LTD.
DETAILS OF THE HANG SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE HANG SENG CPI
SENG ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG
BANK
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