Table 1
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MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1994
Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for February 1994
(Oct. 89 Sep. 90 =
-
100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
Index
for
* change
Component
Feb 94
over Feb 93
Index
for
* change
Index
* change
Index
Composite CPI
* change
Feb 94
Over
Feb 93
for
Feb 94
over Feb 93
for
Feb 94
over Feb 93
Food
139.9
+6.4
141.7
+6.8
142.8
+8.2
141.1
+6.9
Meals bought
149.1
+8.1
148.9
+8.1
148.4
+9.9
148.9
+8.5
away from home
Food, excluding
130.7
+4.6
131.7
+4.8
133.2
+4.9
131.4
+4.7
meals bought
away from home
Housing
157.4
+9.8
159.0
+10.4
163.2
+13.4
159.8
+11.2
Fuel and light
121.9
+2.2
121.4
+2.3
121.9
+2.6
121.7
+2.3
Alcoholic drinks
181.8
+8.9
171.5
+8.4
167.2
+8.5
176.1
+8.6
and tobacco
Clothing and
125.3
+5.6
125.2
+5.3
134.8
+10.0
128.5
+7.0
footwear
Durable goods
110.0
+2.0
109.3
+2.0
114.0
+2.1
110.9
+2.0
Miscellaneous
128.6
+6.2
125.6
+5.2
123.7
+4.6
126.2
+5.4
goods
Transport
141.7
+10.7
141.5
+10.1
141.4
+8.9
141.5
+10.0
Miscellaneous
154.0
+12.1
149.6
+11.6
141.8
+10.5
148.6
+11.4
services
All items
142.7
+7.8
142.9
+8.1
144.9
+9.8
143.3
+8.4
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 pattems of groups of households with different magnitudes of household expenditure, the Camposite 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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