Table 1
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1993
Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for June 1993
(Oct. 89
T
Sep. 90 = 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
Index
for
* change
Component
Jun 93
over Jun 92
Index
for Jun 93
% change
over
Index
$ change
Index
% change
Jim 92
for Jun 93
over Jun 92
for
Jun 93
over Jun 92
Food
134.6
+7.9
135.3
+7.8
134.5
+8.2
134.8
+7.9
Meals bought
140.2
+8.5
140.0
+8.5
137.5
+9.3
139.5
+8.7
away from home
Food. excluding
129.0
+7.3
128.7
+6.7
129.3
+6.4
129.0
+6.9
meals bought
away from home
Housing
146.7
+12.4
147.7
+12.9
149.6
+13.9
148.0
+13.0
Fuel and light
119.7
+3.2
119.1
+3.1
119.4
+3.5
119.4
+3.2
Alcoholic drinks
177.0
+9.6
167.3
+8.9
163.2
+8.8
171.6
+9.3
and tobacco
Clothing and
129.1
+7.4
130.8
+8.0
141.7
+9.5
134.1
+8.4
footwear
Durable goods
109.1
+1.6
108.7
+1.5
114.7
+4.0
110.6
+2.3
Miscellaneous
123.7
+7.3
121.8
+6.6
121.1
+6.5
122.3
+6.8
goods
Transport
1.36.4
+9.0
135.3
+8.3
135.5
+7.8
135.7
+8.4
Services
138.4
+8.4
135.5
+7.7
129.9
+6.5
134.7
+7.6
All items
136.0
+8.6
135.9
+8.7
137.1
+9.5
136.3
+8.8
The 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on the expenditure pattems 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 in 1989/90. The CPI (B) is based on the expenditure pattem 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-$37,499 in 1989/90.
Whereas the CPI(A), CPI (B) and Hand Seng CPJ 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 CPT show the impact of consumer price changes on different groups of households. the Composite CPJ shows the impact of consumer price changes on the household sector generally,
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