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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 84 - - SEP. 85 = 100) FOR NOVEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI (B)

INDEX FOR NOV. 91

%% CHANGE

INDEX

OVER

FOR

% CHANGE OVER

NOV. 90

NOV. 91 NOV. 90

FOOD

163.7

+11.0

166.3

+11.2

MEALS BOUGHT

AWAY FROM HOME

185.9.

+11.7

186.5

+11.7

FOOD, EXCLUDING

MEALS BOUGHT

144.8

+10.3

146.5

+10.6

AWAY FROM HOME

HOUSING

153.9

+11.3

148.1

+11.7

FUEL AND LIGHT

113.0

-2.3

112.2

-1.9

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

224.3

+40.9

222.5

+38.6

(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION}

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

162.6

+7.7

167.2

+8.3

DURABLE GOODS

132.5

+3.6

131.6

+3.8

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

156.2

+7.

3

155.2

+7.2

TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES

177.4

+11.2

175.9

+10.4

SERVICES

192.9

+13.3

190.5

+12.9

ALL ITEMS

163.5

+11.0

162.9

+10.9

THE

EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

1984/85-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE BASED ON THE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE

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 $2,000-$6,499 A MONTH IN 1984/85.

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 EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$24,999 IN 1984/85.)

MONTHLY

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