Table 1
11
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994
Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for March 1994
=
(Oct. 89 Sep. 90 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Bang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
Component
Index
for Mar 94
* change
over Mar 93*
Inlex for
% change
Index
* change
Index
* change
over
for
over
for
over
Mar 94
Mar 93
Mar 94
Mar 93
Mar 94
Mar 93
Food
139.0
+7.2
141.0
+7.3
142.4
+8.3
140.4
+7.4
Heals bought
150.3
+8.3
149.9
+8.2
149.6
+9.7
150.0
+8.6
away from home
Food, excluding
127.8
+5.9
128.7
+5.8
130.1
+5.5
128.5
+5.8
meals bought
away from home
Housing
158.3
+9.9
160.3
+10.7
165.0
+13.7
161.2
+11.4
Fuel and light
122.0
+2.4
121.5
+2.5
122.2
+2.8
· 121.9
+2.5
Alcoholic drinks
183.9
+5.7
174.5
+6.3
170.2
+6.4
178.7
+6.0
and tobacco
Clothing and
125.1
+5.0
125.2
+4.7
133.4
+3.3
127.9
+4.3
footwear
Durable goods
111.4
+2.9
111.1
+3.0
115.6
+2.1
112.5
+2.7
MiscellaneoUS
129.3
+6.5
126.4
+5.7
124.9
+5.0
127.1
+5.8
goods
Transport
141.5
+10.2
141.7
+9.7
142.2
+9.0
141.7
+9.7
Miscellaneous
153.1
+11.4
148.4
+10.6
140.5
+9.2
147.5
+10.4
services
All items
142.5
+8.0
143.0
+8.2
145.3
+9.2
143.4
+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 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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