FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1992
Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for January 1992'
(Oct. 89
-
Sep. 90 =
100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Component
Index for Jan.92 Jan.91
change
Index
change
over
for
Jan. 92
over Jan.91
Hang Seng CPI Index for
over Jan.92 Jan.91
change
Composite CPI
Index % change
for
over Jan.92 Jan.91
Food
119.7 +11.6
120.3
+11.3
119.4
+11.1
119.9 +11.4
Meals bought
122.8
+10.7
122.8
+10.7
120.4
+10.7
122.2
+10.7
away from home
Food, excluding
116.6
+12.6
117.0
+12.1
117.9 +12.0
117.0
+12.3
meals bought
away from home
Housing
123.3
+11.4
123.8
+12.4
125.1 +11.3
124.1
+11.7
Fuel and light
113.2
-0.2
112.6
-0.
3
113.2
-0.1
113.0
-0.2
Alcoholic drinks
145.7
+33,4
139.4 +26.8
136.2
+23.4
142.2
+29.7
and tobacco
Clothing and
110.0
+5.6
110.5
+5.4
114.8
+11.9
111.8
+7.6
footwear
Durable goods
105.4
+1.7
104.6
+1.8
106.7
+4.7
105.5
+2.6
Miscellaneous
112.4
+6.1
110.7
+5.4
109.9
+4.7
111.1
+5.5
goods
Transport
119.8
+9.8
119.5
+8.4
120.7
+7.9
119.9
+8.8
Services
123.3 +11.2
121.7 +11.0
118.2
+9.2
121.1
+10.5
All items
119.7 +10.5
119.3 +10.1
119.4
+9.9
119.5
+10.2
The 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on the expenditure patterns derived from the 1989/90 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPI(A) is based on the expenditure pattern of about 50% of 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. The Hang Seng CPI is based on the expenditure pattern of the next 10% of urban households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $17,500-837,499 in 1989/90.
Whereas the CPI (A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI are based on the expenditure patterns of groups of households with different magnitudes of household expenditure, the Composite CPI is compiled based on the expenditure pattern of all these households taken together. Thus, while the CPI(A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI show the impact of consumer price changes on different groups of households, the Composite CPI shows the impact of consumer price changes on the household sector generally.
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