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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988
OF THE NINE
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR MAY 1988 IN RESPECT COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988 AND MAY 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
AS
CPI (A)
CPI(B)
PER CENT
PER CENT
INDEX
CHANGE
CHANGE
FOR
OVER
OVER
SECTION
MAY 88
APR. 88
MAY 87
INDEX FOR MAY 88
PER CENT PER CENT CHANGE
CHANGE
OVER
OVER
APR. 88
MAY 87
FOOTSTUFFS
113.9
-0.8
+9.3
114.8
-0.5
+9.4
HOUSING
112.9
+0.1
+3.1
110. 3
+0.2
+2.8
FUEL AND
LIGHT
93.4
+0.4
+0.9
93. 9
+0.5
+0.7
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
124.1
+0.3
+6.5
124.8
+0.4
+7.0
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
125.6
+1 .8
+8.8
128.
0
+1.7
+9.3
DURABLE GOODS
118.3
+1.6
+6.3
117.
5
+1.5
+6.
4
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
121.5
+0.2
+5.1
121.
7
+0.3
+5.7
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
120.2
+1.0
+4.
.3
119.4
+1.
0
+4.8
SERVICES
125.1
+0.3
+8.7
124.8
+0.3
+9.1
ALL ITEMS
116.1
-0.0*
+7.
1
116.4
+0.2
+7.1
0
LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988,
THE INDEX FOR
FOODSTUFFS DECREASED
BY 0.8 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(B).
/THIS WAS
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