XN000022-1988-05-24 — Page 6

·

5

-

TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL PUBLISHED

*

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1988.

PUBLISHED

85

100) FOR REPRESENTING INCREASES

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCTOBER 84/SEPTEMBER APRIL 1988 WERE 116.1 AND 116.2 RESPECTIVELY, OF 7.4 PER CENT AND 7.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER APRIL 1987.

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988 AND BEARING COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) AND

IN MIND THAT THIS BOTH INCREASED BY 1.4 PER CENT.

CPI (B)

MONTHS ENDED

THE AVERAGE CPI (A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 APRIL 1988, AT 111.8 AND 111.9 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 6.3 PER CENT AND 6.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS APRIL 1987.

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED APRIL 1988, ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE PER CENT PER MONTH.

ENDED

THE SEASONALLY

RATE OF 0.

8

THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B) ARE BASED PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT

ON THE EXPENDITURE AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, HOUSEHOLDS IN

KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

FROM THE

HONG

OF

URBAN 1984-85

BETWEEN $2,000 AND AND $9.999

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

/CHANGES IN