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TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989

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(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

SECTION

INDEX FOR MAR. 89

% CHANGE % CHANGE

INDEX % CHANGE % CHANGE

OVER FEB.89

OVER MAR.88

FOR MAR.89

OVER FEB.89

OVER MAR.88

FOODSTUFFS

126.0

-1.5

+11.6

127.1

-1.2

+11.8

HOUSING

118.3

+0.2

+5.9

114.4

+0.2

+4.8

FUEL AND

LIGHT

95.7

+1.2

+2.6

96.3

+1.3

+2.7

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION}

131.5

+4.4

+7.0

132.4

+4.1

+7.2

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

129.4

+0.6

+10.1

131.4

+0.8

+10.6

DURABLE GOODS

121. 1

+0.5

+4.7

120.4

+0.8

+4.9

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

131.0

+0.8

+9.5

130.6

+1.0

+9.1

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

131.1

+0.4

+11.1

130.3

+0.5

+11.2

SERVICES

135.5

-0.7

+9.2

135.8

-0.8

+9.8

ALL ITEMS

125.4

-0.5

+9.5

125.1

-0.3

+9.2

COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.2 PER CENT IN CPI(B).

THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, LIVE POULTRY, SALT-WATER FISH AND FRESH-WATER FISH, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES.

THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.3 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO THE UPWARD FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR TOWNGAS AND THE FULL EFFECT OF THE INCREASES IN THE PRICES OF KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS,

THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO {FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) INCREASED BY 4.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 4.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF CIGARETTES DUE TO INCREASED DUTIES.

/THE INDEX