MONDAY, JULY 25, 1983
1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES UP SLIGHTLY
****
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE WERE 142 AND 141 RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, CPI(A) INCREASED BY TWO POINTS OR 1.4 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY ONE POINT OR 0.7 PER CENT. WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE LAST YEAR, CPI(A) ROSE BY 12 POINTS OR 9.2 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 11 POINTS OR 8.5 PER CENT. DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED IN JUNE 1983, BOTH THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.7 PER CENT EACH MONTH.
THE PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH WENT UP. HOWEVER, THE PRICES OF LIVE POULTRY, MAINLY CHICKEN, DECREASED.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI(A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE CPI(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.
THE INDEXES FOR JUNE IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1983 AND JUNE 1982.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE -
100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
SECTION
JUNE 82 MAY 83 JUNE 83
JUNE 82 MAY 83 JUNE 83
FOODSTUFFS
135
141
144
135
142
144
HOUSING
124
135
135
124
135
135
FUEL AND LIGHT
133
140
144
134
141
145
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
124
185
185
123
179
179
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
132
141
141
132
143
142
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
108
110
112
110
113
115
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS 121
131
132
117
130
131
TRANSPORT AND
140
154
155
141
156
157
VEHICLES
SERVICES
134
148
149
133
146
147
ALL ITEMS
130
140
142
130
140
141
/COMPARED WITH
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.