MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1992
89 SEP. 90 = TABLE 2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 89
FOR DECEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991
100)
(OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 = = 100)
SECTION
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
DEC. 91
% CHANGE OVER NOV. 91
INDEX FOR
%% CHANGE OVER
DEC. 91
NOV. 91
116.5
-0.0*
117.7
+0.2
FOOD
MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME
121.1
+0.
3
121.2
+0.4
FOOD, EXCLUDING MEALS BOUGHT
112.0
-0.4
113.0
-0.1
AWAY FROM HOME
HOUSING
122.0
+0.8
122.5
+1.2
FUEL AND LIGHT
111.1
+1.2
110.7
+1.3
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
145.6
-0.2
139.4
-0.2
(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
114.9
+1.
2
116.1
+1.2
DURABLE GOODS
105.4
+0.
1
105.2
-0.1
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
113.0
+0.4
111.4
+0.5
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
119.5
+0.1
118.9
+0.1
SERVICES
122.1
+0.5
120.5
+0.8
ALL ITEMS
118.1
+0.3
118.3
+0.
6
* LESS THAN 0.05%
THE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
1989/90-BASED
PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE
CONSUMER
PRICE INDEXES ARE
1989/90 HOUSEHOLD
BASED ON
EXPENDITURE
THE
OF
THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%
IN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN
HONG KONG, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
30%
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT
MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS, URBAN $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
OF
THE EXPENDITURE
MONTHLY
(THE 1989/90-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $17,500-837,499 IN 1989/90.)
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