THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979
THE CONSUMER PRICE
WERE BOTH 127 AND 128.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
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INDEX A AND B FOR LAST MONTH (DECEMBER) INDEX A REMAINED UNCHANGED WHILE INDEX B
ROSE ONE POINT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECLINED BY THREE POINTS IN
C.P.I. (A) AND BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (B).
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH FELL BECAUSE OF THE WARM WEATHER AND INCREASED SUPPLIES, BUT THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH-WATER FISH, OTHER FISH, FRESH FRUITS, LIVE POULTRY AND PORK ROSE.
AS SOME RESTAURANTS AND EATING-PLACES RAISED THEIR PRICES, THE COST OF MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ALSO WENT UP.
MOVEMENTS IN RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING WENT UP BY FIVE POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER RENT FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY GROUP B ESTATES AND FORMER GOVERNMENT LOW-COST HOUSING ESTATES.
A RISE OF FOUR POINTS IN C.P.1. (B) WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER RENT IN POST-WAR BUILT PRIVATE DWELLINGS.
THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER RATES FOR ELECTRICITY AND HIGHER PRICES FOR KEROSENE.
RISES OF ONE POINT EACH WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE INDICES FOR DURABLE GOODS AND FOR SERVICES IN BOTH C.P.1. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR WATCHES, CAMERAS AND OPTICAL GOODS AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAIRDRESSING.
THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ROSE BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (B) FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR OTHER HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND MEDICINES.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE SECTION INDICES FOR DECEMBER 1978, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1977, ARE GIVEN BELOW :
C.P.I. (A)
C.P.I. (B)
SECTION
DEC. 78 NOV. 78 DEC. 77 DEC. 78 NOV. 78 DEC. 77
FOODSTUFFS
121
124
111
123
124
112
HOUSING
137
132
127
136
132
126
/FUEL AND
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