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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1991
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST WEIGHTING IN THE INDEX, INCREASED BY 11.2% IN CPI(A) AND BY 11.7% IN CPI (B). THESE FIVE COMPONENTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 89% OF THE OVERALL INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) AND 88% OF THE INCREASE IN THE CPI(B).
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 1991, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) OF THE 1989/90-BASED SERIES INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 1.3% AND 1.2% PER MONTH RESPECTIVELY.
THE 1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
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THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50% URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT 30% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
PRICE MOVEMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE BASED ON THE CPI SERIES.
1989/90-BASED
CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1991 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991 ARE GIVEN BELOW,
SECTION
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
INDEX FOR
MAR 91
% CHANGE OVER FEB 91
INDEX FOR
MAR 91
% CHANGE OVER FEB 91
FOODSTUFFS
111.6
+0.3
112.2
+0.5
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY
114.2
+1.7
114.1
+1.5
FROM HOME
FOODSTUFFS, EXCLUDING
109.0
-1.0
109.7
-0.9
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
112.
4
+0.7
112.1
+0.9
FUEL AND LIGHT
111.0
-1.7
110.4
-1.8
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
165.9
+51.7
151.6
+37.7
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
102.4
+0.2
102.6
-0.1
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
104.2
+0.6
103.
9
+0.9
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
106.6
+0.5
106.1
+0.5
TRANSPORT AND
110.2
-0.1
111.7
+0.2
VEHICLES
SERVICES
112.0
-0.
ALL ITEMS
111.9
9 +1.4
110.7
-1.1
111.1
+0.9
/COMPARING MARCH
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