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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1986
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
NEW CP1(A)
NEW CPI(B)
% CHANGE
INDEX FOR
OVER
INDEX FOR
* CHANGE OVER
SECTION
FOODSTUFFS
MAY 86
APR. 86
MAY 86
APR. 86
100.3
-0.4
100.7
-0.3
HOUSING
104.3
+0.1
103.8
+0.2
FUEL AND LIGHT
92.8
-2.6
93.3
-2.5
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
108.4
+2.4
108.2
+2.2
CONSUMPT LON)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
108.5
+0.8
109.5
+0.8
DURABLE GOODS
105.5
+0.4
104.7
+0.3
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
103.2
+0.4
103.9
+0.5
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
106.1
+0.2
105.3
+0.2
SERVICES
108.6
+0.2
108.2
+0.2
ALL ITEMS
102.9
-0.1
103.4
+0.0%
*
LESS THAN 0.05%
COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 0.3 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT-WATER FISH AND LIVE POULTRY. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
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THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT DECREASED BY 2.6 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 2.5 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF LOWER PRICES OF KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AS WELL AS A DOWNWARD FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR TOWNGAS.
/THE INDEX
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