FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1978
NOVEMBER CONSUMER PRICE INDICES DROPPED TWO POINTS
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDICES (A) AND (B) FOR LAST (NOVEMBER) MONTH WERE BOTH 127, EACH BEING TWO POINTS LOWER THAN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECLINED BY FOUR POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B).
AS A RESULT OF FAVOURABLE WEATHER AND INCREASED SUPPLIES, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH, FRESH-WATER FISH AND FRESH VEGETABLES FELL. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE COST OF MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ROSE AS SOME RESTAURANTS AND EATING-PLACES RAISED THEIR PRICES.
MOVEMENTS IN RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE
INS IGN IF ICANT.
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES WENT UP BY FOUR POINTS IN C.P.I.(A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN C.P.I.(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER FARES FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR ADVANCED BY THREE POINTS AND THAT FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P.1.(A) AND C.P.I. (B) FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR SOME OUTERCLOTHING ITEMS AND CLOTHING MATERIALS, AND FOR GENUINE JEWELLERY, TOYS AND HOBBIES.
RISES OF ONE POINT EACH WERE RECORDED IN THE INDICES FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO AND FOR SERVICES IN C.P.I.(A) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR IMPORTED TOBACCO AND CIGARS AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING AND DOMESTIC HELP.
THE INDICES FOR HOUSING AND DURABLE GOODS ALSO INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I.(B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR HOUSE MAINTENANCE AND HIGHER PRICES FOR TELEVISION SETS AND SOUND EQUIPMENT.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INS IGN IF ICANT.
THE SECTION INDICES FOR NOVEMBER 1978, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1977, ARE GIVEN BELOW :-
SECTION
C.P.I.(A)
C.P.I.(B)
NOV.78 OCT.78 NOV.77 NOV.78 OCT.78 NOV.77
FOODSTUFFS
124
128
113
124
128
114
HOUSING
132
132
126
132
131
126
FUEL AND LIGHT
134
134
136
133
133
135
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