MONDAY, MAY 23, 1994
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Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for April 1994
(Oct. 89
-
Sep. 90 = 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CI
Composite CPI
Index
for
change
Index
% change
Index
A change
Index
$ change
over
for
over
for
Component
Apr 94
Apr 93
Apr 94
Apr 93
Apr 94
over Apr 93
for
Over
Apr 91
Apr 93
Food
137.9
+5.5
140.3
+6.1
143.0
+7.3
139.6
-6.1
Meals bought
150.4
+7.9
150.0
+7.7
149.9
49.3
150.2
-8.1
away from home
Food, excluding
125.5
+2.9
136.8
+3.5
128.6
+3.7
126.5
-3.3
meals bought
away from home
Housing
160.8
+11.0
162.3
+11.4
168.4
+14.8
163.8
-12.4
Fuel and light
121.9
+2.2
121.4
+2.3
122.1
+1.7
121.8
+2.3
Alcoholic drinks
185.6
+5.3
176.5
+5.9
172.0
+6.0
180.5
+5.5
and tobacco
Clothing and
138.6
+8.0
140.8
+8.4
147.5
+10.4
140.5
+9.0
footwear
Durable goods
111.9
+3.4
111.7
+2.6
117.2
+2.5
113.4
+2.5
MiscellaneouS
130.2
-6.8
127.3
+6.1
126.2
+6.0
138.1
+6.3
goods
Transport
146.0
+10.2
144.6
+9.6
143.6
+8.2
144.8
-9.4
Miscellaneous
154.2
+11.7
149.5
+10.8
141.2
+9.1
148.5
+10.6
services
All items
143.8
+7.7
144.8
+8.2
147.9
+9.9
145.2
-8.4
The 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on the expenditure patterns derived fram the 1989/90 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPI(A) is based on the expenditure patten 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 pattem 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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