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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR NOVEMBER

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THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) FOR NOVEMBER 1976 WAS 113, THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY ONE POINT. THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH WATER FISH AND MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ADVANCED WHILE THAT OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECLINED.

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY THREE POINTS DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR SOME ITEMS OF OUTERCLOTHING AND WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR AS SOME SHOPS SUSPENDED THEIR CLEARANCE SALES DURING THE MONTH.

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUED UPWARD PRICE MOVEMENTS OF MEDICINES, ESPECIALLY CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES.

MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS AND SERVICES WERE INSIGN IF ICANT.

THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR NOVEMBER 1976 WAS 114, ONE POINT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS MONTH'S FIGURE.

THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY ONE POINT. THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH WATER FISH AND MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ADVANCED WHILE THAT OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECLINED.

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY THREE POINTS DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR SOME ITEMS OF OUTERCLOTHING AND WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR AS SOME SHOPS SUSPENDED THEIR CLEARANCE SALES DURING THE MONTH.

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUED UPWARD PRICE MOVEMENTS OF MEDICINES, ESPECIALLY CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES.

MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS AND SERVICES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

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