Table 2 Year-on-year Rate of Change (%) in Consumer Price Indices for January 1993 – January 1996
Year/month
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
1993
January February
10.1
10.3
10.1
10.2
8.6
9.1
9.1
8.9
March
7.8
8.5
9.2
8.4
April
7.7
8.5
9.5
8.5
May
8.5
8.8
9.8
8.9
June
8.6
8.7
9.5
8.8
July
8.2
8.5
9.2
8.6
August
8.5
8.5
9.2
8.7
September
7.9
8.1
9.2
8.3
October
9.0
8.7
9.4
9.0
November
8.4
8.4
9.5
8.7
December
8.6
8.5
10.2
9.0
1994
January
6.2
6.9
9.0
7.2
February
7.8
8.1
9.8
8.4
March
8.0
8.2
9.2
8.4
April
7.7
8.2
9.9
8.4
May
7.8
8.4
10.0
8.6
June
7.5
8.1
10.1
8.4
July
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- 8.5
8.6
9.9
8.9
August
9.8
9.5
10.4
9.8
September
8.6
9.0
10.2
9.2
October
7.9
9.0
10.5
9.0
November
8.6
9.5
10.6
9.5
December
8.9
9.5
10.3
9.5
1995
January
10.1
10.4
10.3
10.3
February
8.9
9.6
9.7
9.4
March
9.5
10.0
9.9
9.8
April
9.6
9.9
9.8
9.8
May
9.1
9.5
9.5
9.3
June
8.9
9.6
9.7
9.4
July
8.5
9.2
10.1
9.2
August
8.3
9.0
9.8
9.0
September
8.9
9.1
9.8
9.2
October
8.4
8.8
9.4
8.8
November
8.2
8.3
8.9
8.4
December
6.6
7.3
7.9
7.2
1996
January
5.9
6.8
7.9
6.8