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Table 2 Consumer Price Indices and Year-on-year Rates of Change for October 1995 - March 1997
(Oct. 94 - Sep. 95 = 100)
Year/month
CPI(A)
Year-on-
CPI(B)
Hang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
Year-on-
Year-on-
Year-on-
year rate
year rate
year rate
year rate
Index of change Index of change Index of change Index of change
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
1995 October
104.3
8.0
104.5
8.4
104.7
8.7
104.5
8.4
November
104.3
7.8
104.7
8. I
105.4
8.2
104,7
8.1
December
103.9
6.4
104.6
7.2
104.9
7.2
104.5
7.0
1996 January
104.1
5.8
104.8
6.6
105.1
7.3
104.7
February
105.4
6.4
105.9
7.0
105.7
7.5
105.7
March
106.1
6.5
106.4
7.0
106.3
7.5
106.3
288
6.5
6.9
7,0
April
107.3
6.8
107.8
7.0
107.5
7.1
107.6
7.0
May
107.1
6.1
107.9
6.6
108.5
6.9
107,8
6.5
June
107.8
6.1
108.3
6.4
109.1
6.6
108.4
6.4
July
108,0
6.1
108.5
6.4
108.6
6.2
108.4
6.2
August
108,2
4.9 108.7
5.5
108.9
5.9
108.6
5.4
September
109.6
5.2
109.9
5.9
109.7
5.6
109.7
5.6
October
109.9
5.4
110.6
5.8 110.9
6.0
110.5
5.7
November
110.3
5.8
111.0
6.1 111.5
5.8
110.9
5.9
December
110.9
6.7
111.4
6.5
111.9
6.7
111.4
6.6
1997 January
110.9
6.6
111.4
6.3
111.4
5.9
111.3
6.3
February
112.3
6,5
112.4
6.1
112.3
6.2
112.3
6.3
March
112.1
5.7
112.6
5.8
112.9
6.3
112.5
5.9