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FUEL AND

LIGHT

ALCOHOLIC

MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1988

92.4

-0.1

+4.5

92.9

-0.2

+4.4

DRINKS AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

117.2

+0.1

+6.2

117.8

+0.1

+6.8

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

120.4

+2.1

+8.0

122.3

+2.1

+8.2

DURABLE GOODS

113.2

-0.2

+4.6

112.5

-0.1

+4.7

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

119.7

+1.0

+8.0

119.4

+0.8

+8.2

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

117.1

+0.0*

+9.2

116.1

+0.1

+8.9

SERVICES

121.3

+0.3

+6.7

120.8

+0.5

+7.1

ALL ITEMS

113.0

+1.3

+7.5

113.0

+1.1

+7.0

* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 2.2 PER CENT IN CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INSIGNIFICANT.

WAS

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY 2.1 PER CENT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF OUTER CLOTHING.

BY 1.0 PER CENT

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS INCREASED IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.8 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE то HIGHER PRICES OF JEWELLERY AND MEDICINES.

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR PACKAGE TOURS AND ADMISSION то NIGHT CLUBS AND DISCOTHEQUES AROUND THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

(FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN ONE DECIMAL PLACE.}

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ÁRE DERIVED FROM

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