XN000022-1985-08-24 — Page 3

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1985

FUEL AND

LIGHT

148.7

145.8

145.6

148.4

145.9

145.7

ALCOHOLIC

208.5 233.7

233.8

201.3

224.0

224.2

DRINKS

AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING

155.8 170.3

169.2

156.7 172.0 170.9

AND

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE

125.3

123.2

122.8

129.2

128.1

127.7

GOODS

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

150.7

151.3

150.9

147.6

148.4

147.8

TRANSPORT

170.1

182.4

182.5

173.0

182.9

183.0

AND

VEHICLES

SERVICES 170.3 182.2

183.0

167.9

178.1

178.9

ALL ITEMS 155.6

159.8

159.6

155.4

160.1

159.9

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 0.6 POINT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B), LARGELY REFLECTING THE FALL IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT AND FRESH-WATER FISH. THIS MORE THAN OFFSET THE INCREASE IN CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES DURING THE MONTH, THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DECREASED BY 1.1 POINTS IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) DUE TO LOWER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING,

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS DECREASED BY 0.4 POINT IN CPI(A) AND 0.6 POINT IN CPI(B) BECAUSE OF LOWER PRICES OF JEWELLERY, MEDICINES, TOYS AND HOBBIES.

HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT PUSHED UP THE INDEX FOR SERVICES BY 0.8 POINT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

(FIGURES REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO 2 DECIMAL PLACES.)

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