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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1988

THE CPI (A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI (B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.

CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR FEBRUARY 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 AND FEBRUARY 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

AS

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

INDEX % CHANGE

* CHANGE

F

FOR

OVER

OVER

SECTION

FEB.88

JAN.88

FEB.87

INDEX FOR FEB.88

X CHANGE OVER JAN.88

% CHANG⭑ OVER FEB.87

FOODSTUFFS

112.1

+2.6

+8.6

112.8

+2.4

+8.K

HOUSING

111.6

+0.1

+2.8

109.1

+0.1.

+2.3

FUEL AND

LIGHT

93.5

+0.8

+2.7

94.1

+1.0

+2.7

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

117.4

-0.0*

+5.7

118.1

-0.0#

ié.į

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

117.1

-2.1

+8.9

118.4

-2.5

+9.6

DURABLE GOODS

114.7

+0.2

+5.7

113.5

+0.1

+5.5

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

119.6

-0.3

+6.9

119.5

-0.1

+7.3

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

117.7

+0.2

+4.7

116.7

+0.3

+5.4

SERVICES

124.7

+2.4

+9.0

124.6

+2.8

+9.8

ALL ITEMS

114.0

+1.3

+6.

9

114.0

+1.1

+6.8

* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT

COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS BY 2.6 PER CENT IN CPI (A) AND BY 2.4 PER CENT IN CPI (B).

/THIS WAS

INCREASED

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