MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1979
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NIGHER COST OF LIVING IN JULY
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDICES (A) AND (B) FOR LAST MONTH (JLY) WERE BOTH 140, C.P.I. (A) BEING THREE POINTS HIGHER AND G. TWO POINTS UP COMPARED WITH THOSE IN JUNE.
THE CENTRED 12-MONTH MOVING AVERAGE FOR JANUARY 1979 WAS 131.0 FOR C.P.I. (A) AND 131.2 FOR C.P.I. (B), BEING ONE PER CENT AND 0.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO, THE MICREASES WERE 8.4 PER CENT AND 8.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE C.P.I. (A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM THE EXPENDITURE OF HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $400 - $1,499 A MONTH AND THE C.P.I. (B), BETWEEN $1,500 - $2,999 À MONTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD EXPERSTEURE SURVEY, 1973/74.
THE SECTION INDICES FOR JULY 1979, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1978, ARE AS FOLLOWS -
C.P.I. (A)
C.P.I. (B)
SECTION
JULY 79 JUNE 79 JULY 78 JULY 79 JUNE 79
JULY 78
FOODSTUFFS
135
132
121
137
134
122
HOUS | NG
144
143
130
143
142
130
FUEL AND LIGHT
179
168
135
174
164
134
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
158
158
141
153
153
137
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
110
110
103
109
108
102
DURABLE GOODS
127
126
114
124
123
111
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
145
143
134
143
141
130
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
152
151
120
158
156
124
SERVICES
147
147
138
150
149
139
ALL ITEMS
140
137
125
140
138
125
THE INDEX
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