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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1994
Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for Janyary 1994
(Oct. 89 - Sep. 90 - 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
Index for
* change
Index
* change
Index
* change
Index
* change
Component
Jan 94
over Jan 93
for
Jan 94
over Jan 93
for
Jan 94
over Jan 93
for
Jan 94
over Jan 93
1
Food
134.4
+3.1
136.7
+4.1
139.7
+7.1
136.3
+4.3
Meals bought
145.0
+7.6
144.9
+7.5
147.0
+11.3
145.4
+8.4
away from home
Food, excluding
124.0
-1.6
125.4
-0.9
127.2
-0.4
125.0
-1.1
meals bought
away from home
Housing
156.3
+9.8
157.9
+10.3
161.7
+13.3
158.6
+11.1
Fuel and light
122.1
.+2.2
121.5
+2.3
122.0
+2.5
121.9
+2.3
Alcoholic drinks
181.1
+8.9
170.3
+8.3
165.1
+8.3
175.1
+8.6
and tobacco
Clothing and
127.8
+6.9
128.2
+6.8
137.0
+10.7
131.1
+8.2
footwear
Durable goods
109.9
+2.3
109.2
+2.4
114.1
+2.6
110.9
+2.4
Miscellaneous
128.5
+6.9
125.4
+6.1
123.4
+5.6
126.0
+6.3
goods
Transport
140.7
+9.9
140.7
+9.6
140.5
+8.2
140.7
+9.3
Miscellaneous
151.2
+9.1
146.7
+8.3
138.9
+6.6
145.7
+8.1
services
All items
140.0
+6.2
140.7
+6.9
143.4
+9.0
141.1
+7.2
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 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-$37,499 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 pattem 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,
/TABLE 2
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