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Table 1 Consumer Price Indices and Rates of Increase for December 1995
(Oct. 89 Sep. 90
-
100)
CPI(A)
CPI (B)
Hang Seng CPI
Composite CPI
Component
Index
for Dec 95
% change
over
Index
for
% change
Index
% change
Index
% change
дало
for
Dec 94
Dec 95
Dec 94
Dec 95
over Dec 94
for
Dec 95
Over Dec 94
Food
152.8
+4.8
155.1
+5.4
156.9
+4.1
154.5
+4.9
Meals bought
165.2
+6.7
164.7
+6.5
164.6
+4.2
164.9
+6.1
away from home
Food, excluding
140.6
+2.7
141.9
+3.5
143.7
+4.0
141.6
+3.2
meals bought
away from home
Housing
193.2
+10.7
198.1
+11.0
207.4
+14.1
199.5
+11.9
Fuel and light
135.1
+5.6
134.6
+5.6
133.0
+4.3
134.5
+5.4
Alcoholic drinks
200.5
+5.5
189.7
+5.4
184.1
+5.3
194.4
+5.5
and tobacco
Clothing and
156.2
+6.8
159.4
+7.5
171.3
+3.5
162.7
+5.9
footwear
Durable goods
118.7
+4.0
118.4
+3.7
124.9
+4.1
120.4
+3.9
Miscellaneous
133.9
-3.6
133.3
-0.7
133.7
+1.0
133.6
-1.4
goods
Transport
161.5
+7.0
160.6
+7.3
158.2
+6.1
160.2
Miscellaneous
186.1
+10.4
177.8
+9.4
162.7
+7.4
175.9
+6.9
+9.1
services
All items
163.1
+6.6
165.5
+7.3
170.6
+7.9
165.9
+7.2
Monthly consumer price indices are compiled on the basis of (a) expenditure patterns of relevant households and (b) prices collected currently in the month. The expenditure patterns underlying the 1989/90-based consumer price indices are based on those patterns derived from the 1989/90 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPI (A) is based on the expenditure pattem of about
CPI(A) 50% of households in Hong Kong, which had an average monthly expenditure of $2,500-$9,999 in The CPI(B) is based on the 1989/90(broadly equivalent to $3,900-$16,000 at 1995 prices). expenditure pattern of the next. 30% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $10,000-$17,499 in 1989/90 (broadly equivalent to $16,000-$28,500 at 1995 prices). The Hang Seng CPI is based on the expenditure pattern of the next 10% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $17,500-$37,499 in 1989/90(broadly equivalent to $28,500-$61,000 at 1995 prices).
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 Umposite 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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