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** PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS NOT INCLUDED.
JUNE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1984 WERE 155.5 AND 155.2 RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 1.4 POINTS OR 0.9 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 1.3 POINTS OR 0.8 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1983, CPI(A) ROSE BY 13.7 POINTS OR 9.7 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 14.0 POINTS OR 9.9 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS TO JUNE 1984, AT 150.3 AND 149.7 RESPECTIVELY, WERE BOTH 10.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS TO JUNE 1983.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD TO JUNE 1984, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.7 PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), AT 0.6 PER CENT EACH MONTH.
DURING JUNE, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH, WERE HIGHER. ADMISSION CHARGES FOR CINEMAS AND CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL CHARGES ALSO WENT UP.
/THE CPI(▲)
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