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THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT 30% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $6,500-$9,999 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
(THE 1984/85-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$24,999 IN 1984/85.)
TABLE 2:
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SEP. 90 = 100)
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 89 FOR OCTOBER 1991 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1991
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = 100)
SECTION
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX
FOR
% CHANGE OVER
INDEX FOR
OCT. 91
SEP. 91
OCT. 91
% CHANGE OVER SEP. 91
FOOD
116. 6
-0.3
117.3
-0.0*
MEALS BOUGHT
120.0
+0.5
120.1
+0.6
AWAY FROM HOME
FOOD, EXCLUDING
113.2
-1.2
113.5
~0.9
MEALS BOUGHT
AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
120.0
+0.
8
119.8
+1.0
FUEL AND LIGHT
109.3
+0.4
108.9
+0.5
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
145.4
+0.2
138.8
+0.4
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
108.4
+1.0
109.2
+0.9
DURABLE GOODS
105.3
+0.
6
105.2
+1.0
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
112.4
+3
.9
110.5
+2.7
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
119.4
+0.6
118.8
+0.6
SERVICES
121.2
+0.2
119.4
+0.1
ALL ITEMS
117.2
+0.
4
116.8
+0.6
* LESS THAN 0.05%
THE 1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
OF
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.
MONTHLY
{THE 1989/90-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $17,500-$37,499 IN 1989/90.)
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