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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1989
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS JULY 1989, AT 124.4 AND 124.1 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 9.3 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS JULY 1988.
ENDED
9.0 ENDED
SEASONALLY OF 0.8
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 1989, THE ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE PER CENT PER MONTH.
IN
THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.
EXPENDITURE
$2,000 AND
THE CPI (A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI (B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND 19,999 A MONTH.
AS
THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR JULY 1989 IN RESPECT OF
INDEXES, PRICE IN THE TWO CONSUMER SECTIONS COMMODITY/SERVICE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989 AND JULY 1988, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
XCHANGE
%CHANGE
OVER
OVER
INDEX FOR
XCHANGE OVER
XCHANGE
OVER
SECTION
JUL. 89 JUN. 89
JUL.
88
JUL. 89 JUN. 89
JUL. 88
FOODSTUFFS
132.3
+0.0%
+12.7
133.4.
+0.3
+13.1
HOUSING
121.9
+0.4
+7.6
117.3
+0.3
+5.9
FUEL AND LIGHT
95.9
-0.1
+2.1
96.3
-0.1
+1.8
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
133.4
+0.0*
+7.4
134.5
+0.1
+7.7
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
135.8
-1.2
+8.3
138.6
-1.3
+8.5
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE
GOODS
122.0
-0.3
+2.6
121.1
-0.
3
+2.6
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS 132.7
+0.9
+7.9
132.3
+0.7
+7.4
TRANSPORT AND
136.5
+1.5
+13.0
135.4
+1.3
+12.8
VEHICLES
SERVICES
141.2
+1.4
+11.8
141.7
+1.5
+12.1
ALL ITEMS
130.2
+0.3
+10.3
129.8
+0.4
+10.0
*LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT
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