WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 2.8 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.2 PER CENT BETWEEN JUNE 1984 AND JUNE 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR JUNE 1985 WERE 159.8 AND 160.1 RESPECTIVELY, OR 4.3 POINTS AND 4.9 POINTS RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR JUNE 1984. COMPARED WITH MAY 1985 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 0.8 POINT OR 0.5 PER CENT AND CP1(B), BY 0.7 POINT OR 0.4 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED JUNE 1985, BOTH AT 157.5, WERE 4.8 PER CENT AND 5.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED JUNE 1984.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 1985, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.2 PER CENT EACH MONTH.
DURING JUNE, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH AND LIVE POULTRY, AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY FARES WERE HIGHER. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT, KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS 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) REFERS 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 1985 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1985 AND JUNE 1984.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE =
100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
SECTION
JUN. 84
MAY 85 JUN. 85 JUN. 84
MAY 85
JUN. 85-
FOODSTUFFS
157.4
154.5
156.2
HOUSING
143.8
154.8
155.1
155.6 157.8
144.1 154.2
157.1
154.
FUEL AND LIGHT
148.7
146.8
145.8
148.4
146.7
145.9
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