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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985

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 AUGUST 1985 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY-SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1985 AND AUGUST 1984.

(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE = 100)

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CP1(A)

CPI(B)

SECTION

AUG.84

JUL.85 AUG.85

AUG.84

JUL.85 AUG.85

FOODSTUFFS

HOUSING

156.9 155.6 156.4

146.2 155.4 155.6

156.5 157.3

147.0 154.7

157.2

FUEL AND LIGHT

147.2

145.6

145.6

147.1

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

208.6

233.8

233.9

154.9

145.7 145.9

201.2 224.2 224.3

AND TOBACCO (FOR

HOME CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND

154.0

169.2

167.2

154.0 170.9

168.4

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

MISCELLANEOUS

150.2 150.9

125.2 122.8 122.4

151.2

129.2

146.8

127.7

147.8 148.2

127.4

GOODS

TRANSPORT AND

170.1

182.5

182.6

173.0 183.0 183.1

VEHICLES

SERVICES

ALL ITEMS

171.0 183.0 183.9

155.7 159.6 159.9

168.4 178.9

155.4 159.9

179.6

160.1

COMPARED WITH JULY 1985, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.8 POINT IN CPI(A) AND 0.7 POINT IN CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUIT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF LIVE POULTRY AND SALT-WATER FISH DECREASED. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

/LOWER PRICES .......