services selected.
Of the three
indices, the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index recorded the largest increase due to the larger weight it attaches to housing,
to housing, the price of which has increased relatively rapidly, and the smaller weight it
attaches to foodstuffs, the prices of which have been
relatively stable.
Consumer price indices
(October 1979 to September 1980 average
=
100)
Year-on- year rate
Year-on- Hang year rate Seng
Year-on-
CPI (A) of increase CPI (B) of increase CPI
year rate of increase
(음)
( / )
(음)
1985 Oct
161.1
3.3
161.7
3.5
165.0
3.5
Nov 160.7
2.9
161.5
3.2
165.7
3.5
Dec
160.8
2.7
161.7
3.0
166.2
3.9
1986 Jan 160.7
2.7
161.8
3.0
166.2
4.2
Feb 162.9
3.
2
163.7
3.6
168.1
4.8
Mar 162.6
2.1
163.7
2.8
168.4
4.7
Apr
163.3
2.1
164.8
3.0
169.2
4.3
May 163.1
2.6
164.7
3.3
170.1
4.9
Jun 164.3
2.8
165.7
3.5
171.9
5.5
During the three
months ending June 1986,
the seasonally
Consumer Price
adjusted rate of increase recorded for the
Index (A), the Consumer Price Index (B) and the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index was respectively 0.4%, 0.4% and 0.6% each
month. The corresponding monthly increases during the three months ending March 1986 were 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.4%.
6.13
Apart from fuel and light, the prices for other
components of goods and services in the various Consumer Price
Indices recorded increases during the first half of 1986.
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