FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1981
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THE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1981 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMPONENTS OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTINGUISHED IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1980 AND JANUARY 1980, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
COMPONENT
JAN 81 DEC 80 JAN 80 JAN 81 DEC 80 JAN 80
FOODSTUFFS
162
160
142
165
163
145
HOUSING
162
161
148
159
158
148
FUEL AND LIGHT
298
278
239
283
263
226
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
190
185
168
184
178
163
TOBACCO
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
127
128
117
126
127
115
DURABLE GOODS
139
138 131
134
133
127
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
173
173
164
171
171
162
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
214
213
167
216
216
173
SERVICES
188
183
158
194
189
162
ALL ITEMS
171
168 150
170
168
150
THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY TWO POINTS. THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF EGGS, LIVE POULTRY, PORK AND RICE, AND OF MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS. HOWEVER, THE EFFECTS OF THESE INCREASES ON THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WERE PARTLY OFFSET BY THE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES. THE EFFECTS OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE ONE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR THE HOUSING COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR MAINTENANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.
THE VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 20 POINTS IN THE INDEX FOR THE FUEL AND LIGHT COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY, KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.
THE INDEX FOR THE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY FIVE POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY SIX POINTS AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR CIGARETTES.
THE INDEX FOR THE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) DECREASED BY ONE POINT BECAUSE OF LOWER PRICES FOR SOME OUTERCLOTHING ITEMS.
FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR FURNITURE, GLASSWARE, TELEVISION AND SOUND EQUIPMENT, THE INDEX FOR THE DURABLE GOODS COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE INDEX FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS GOODS COMPONENT IN EITHER CP! (A) OR CPI (B).
AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES AND DRIVING INSTRUCTORS' FEES, THE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY ONE POINT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF ROUNDING, THE INDEX FOR THIS COMPONENT IN CPI (B) REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE INDEX
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