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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1979
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JUNE
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1979 WERE 137 AND 138 RESPECTIVELY, EACH BEING ONE POINT HIGHER THAN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE SECTION INDICES FOR JUNE 1979, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1978, ARE :
C.P.I. (A)
C.P.I. (B)
SECTION
JUNE 79 MAY 79 JUNE 78 JUNE 79 MAY 79
JUNE 78
FOODSTUFFS
132
131
118
134
133
119
HOUSING
143
141
130
142
140
129
FUEL AND
168
167
135
164
163
134
LIGHT
ALCOHOL IC
158
157
141
153
152
137
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
CLOTHING AND
110
109
103
108
108
102
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
126
125
113
123
122
111
MISCELLANEOUS
143
142
133
141
140
130
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
151
150
120
156
155
124
VEHICLES
SERVICES
147
146
136
149
148
137
ALL ITEMS
137
136
122
138
137
123
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH
C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.1. (B).
RISES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH, OTHER FISH, FRESH FRUITS AND FRESH VEGETABLES.
THE COST
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