TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1990
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(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
% CHANGE
OVER
% CHANGE OVER
SECTION
MAY 90
APR. 90
MAY 89
INDEX FOR MAY 90
% CHANGE
OVER
% CHANGE OVER
APR.
90
MAY 89
FOODSTUFFS
141.7
+0.3
+9.3
143.6
+0.5
+9.9
HOUSING
130.1
+1.2
+7.6
124.9
+1.4
+7.3
FUEL AND
104.0
-0.1
+8.6
104.2
-0.1
+8.
3
LIGHT
ALCOHOLIC
157.3
+0.3
+18.3
158.2
+0.4
+18.1
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
147.1
+1.3
+7.0
150.4
+1.3
+7.0
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
125.1
+0.9
+2.2
124.2
+0.8
+2.1
MISCELLANEOUS
137.1
+0.2
+4.1
137.5
+0.1
+4.6
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
153.6
+3.0
+14.5
152.7
+3.3
+14.6
VEHICLES
SERVICES
ALL ITEMS
156.5
+0.9
+13.9
156.6
+1.0
+13.5
140.3
+0.7
+9.3
140.1
+0.9
+9.3
FOR FOODSTUFFS
COMPARING MAY 1990 WITH APRIL 1990, THE INDEX INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(B).
MEALS THIS
IN WAS MAINLY
CHARGES FOR ΤΟ DUE
INCREASES IN THE
IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES AND
IN THE FRUIT AND LIVE POULTRY, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASES RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES.
AND
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 1.2 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1.4 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS.
CENT THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY 1.3 PER
PRICES OF SUMMER IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER OUTERCLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR.
THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS INCREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 0.8 PER CENT IN CPI(B), REFLECTING INCREASES IN THE PRICES OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, WATCHES AND OPTICAL GOODS.
AND
/THE INDEX
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