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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1990

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1990

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PUBLISHED SEP. THAN IN

THE CENSUS AND. STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY)

THE CPI(A) (OCT. 84 - THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1990. 85 = 100) FOR JUNE 1990, AT 141.7, WAS 9.1 PER CENT HIGHER JUNE 1989.

9.4

THIS WAS LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE OF

1990, THE CPI(B) FOR JUNE PER CENT IN APRIL AND 9.3 PER CENT IN MAY.

JUNE LAST YEAR. THE 141.3, AT

WAS 9.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN

9.3 PER CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE IN APRIL AND MAY WERE ALSO

CENT.

CPI (B)

FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1990, THE AVERAGE

INCREASED BY 9.3 PER CENT AND 9.2 PER CENT

THE FIRST HALF OF 1989.

ON

CPI(A) AND AVERAGE RESPECTIVELY OVER

IN

FOR ALCOHOLIC AND VEHICLES,

A YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, THE FASTER RATES OF INCREASE THE CPI (A) IN JUNE 1990 WERE RECORDED IN THE INDEXES DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION), TRANSPORT SERVICES AND FOODSTUFFS AT 18.2 PER CENT, 15.3 PER CENT, 12.7 PER CENT AND 8.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN

THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE FOR THE SAME COMPONENTS

AND 9.5 THE CPI(B) WERE 18.0 PER CENT, 15.5 PER CENT, 12.8 PER CENT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOME BEER.

THE INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR CIGARETTES AND CONSUMPTION) WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF

TRANSPORT

AND VEHICLES WAS THE INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR LARGELY DUE TO HIGHER FARES OF BUS, TAXI AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS.

AS REGARDS THE SERVICES COMPONENT, THE INCREASE WAS PARTLY TO HIGHER SCHOOL FEES AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

DUE

MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WAS HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, WHICH

RETAIL

FRESH IN DECREASE

THE MORE THAN OFFSET VEGETABLES.

THE

PRICES

OF

THESE

COMPONENTS FOUR

TOGETHER ACCOUNTED

FOR ABOUT THREE

QUARTERS OF THE OVERALL INCREASE IN BOTH THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B).

COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH MAY 1990, THE CPI(A) INCREASED BY PER CENT AND THE CPI (B), BY 0.9 PER CENT.

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS JUNE 1990, AT 135.3 AND 134.8 RESPECTIVELY, WERK 9.7 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS JUNE 1989.

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