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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988

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

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

INDEX FOR

% CHANGE OVER

% CHANGE INDEX * CHANGE

* CHANGE

SECTION

APR.88

MAR.88

OVER APR. 87

FOR APR.88

OVER MAR.88

OVER APR.87

FOODSTUFFS

114.8

+1.7

+9.7

115.4

+1.5

+9.8

HOUSING

112.7

+0.9

+3.3

110.1

+0.9

+3.0

FUEL AND

LIGHT

93.0

-0.3

+0.3

93.4

-0.3

-0.1

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION}

123.7

+0.6

+6.1

124.2

+0.7

+6.9

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

123.3

+4.9

+8.1

125.8

+5.9

+8.8

DURABLE GOODS

116.4

+0.7

+6.4

115.8

+0.8

+6.4

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

121.2

+1.3

+6.6

121.3

+1.1

+6.9

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

119.0

+0.8

+4.7

118.2

+0.8

+5.2

SERVICES

124.8

+0.6

+8.6

124.5

+0.6

+9.1

ALL ITEMS

116 .1

+1.1

+7.4

116 .2

+1.1

+7.3

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS BY 1.7 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.5 PER CENT IN CPL(B).

INCREASFÐ

RETAIL PRICES

THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, WHICH MORE TILAN OFFSET THE DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF LIVE POULTRY.

THE INDEX