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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1985

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 1985. THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.4

AT PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), 0.3 PER CENT.

DURING SEPTEMBER, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR, AND RENTALS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DWELLINGS WERE HIGHER. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT WERE LOWER.

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 À MONTH AT THAT TIME.

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

(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE =

100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

SECTION

SEP 84

SEP 85 AUG 85

SEP 84

AUG 85

SEP 85

FOODSTUFFS

HOUSING

FUEL AND LIGHT

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

208.5 233.9

161.5 158.6 156.4

147.6

156.7 155.6

147.0 145.6 145.6

234.1

158.8 157.2

155.5 147.6 154.9

146.9 145.9 145.9

201.0 224.3 224.6

161.6

AND TOBACCO (FOR

HOME CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND

155.7

167.2

170.0 156.6 168.4

172.3

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

125.1

122.4

122.5

129.1

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

150.6

151.2

152.1

147.1

148.2

127.4 127.6

149.7

TRANSPORT AND

171.3

182.6 183.8

173.9

183.1 184.1

VEHICLES

SERVICES

171.4 183.9

184.6

168.7

179.6

100.5

ALL ITEMS

156.9 159.9

162..

156.3

160.1

162.4

BARED WITH

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