APPENDICES
APPENDIX 20
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Consumer Price Index (A)
(October 1989-September 1990=100)
Annual average
Index for December
Section
Weight 1990
1991
1992
1990
1991
1992
(Oct-Dec)
All items
100.00
106.6
114.5
125.2
107.4
118.1
129.3
Food
41.20
105.3
114.1
124.1
106.0
116.5
124.9
Meals away from home
(20.52)
108.2
117.0
129.4
108.9
121.1
133.0
Food, excluding meals away from
home
(20.68)
102.5
111.2
118.9
103.0
112.0
116.8
Housing
20.56
108.3
116.6
131.7
109.5
122.0
141.3
Fuel and light
3.18
111.0
110.0
115.7
112.8
111.1
118.1
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.45
106.7
145.5
159.6
108.2
145.6
166.6
Clothing and footwear
4.56
105.3
108.4
117.6
107.9
114.9
125.1
Durable goods
4.92
102.5
104.6
107.0
103.1
105.4
107.7
Miscellaneous goods
5.88
105.7
108.6
116.0
105.7
113.0
120.0
Transport
7.20
107.7 116.1
124.5
108.3
119.5
126.9
Services
10.05
109.0
116.0
129.7
109.4
122.1
136.6
Note: The CPI(A) covers about 50% of urban households with a monthly expenditure of between $2,500 and $9,999 in the base period 1989–90.
Consumer Price Index (B)
(October 1989–September 1990 = 100)
Annual average
Index for December
Section
Weight 1990
1991
1992
1990
1991
1992
(Oct-Dec)
All items
100.00
106.7
114.1
125.1
107.6
118.3
129.8
Food
35.34
105.9
114.7
125.1
106.6
117.7
126.7
Meals away from home
(20.51)
108.2
117.0
129.3
108.9
121.2
133.1
Food, excluding meals away from
home
(14.83)
102.7
111.6
119.2
103.5
113.0
117.8
Housing
23.77
108.0
116.2
132.0
108.9
122.5
141.8
Fuel and light
2.36
110.3
109.6
115.0
112.1
110.7
117.3
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.64
107.2
138.0
151.8
108.4
139.4
157.7
Clothing and footwear
7.23
105.8
109.4
118.5
108.8
116.1
126.3
Durable goods
5.12
102.4
104.2
106.6
102.9
105.2
107.4
Miscellaneous goods
5.89
104.9
107.7
114.6
104.9
111.4
117.9
Transport
7.57
108.4
116.1
124.5
109.1
118.9
127.1
Services
11.08
108.2
114.8
127.4
108.7
120.5
133.3
Note: The CPI(B) covers about 30% of urban households with a monthly expenditure of between $10,000 and $17,499 in the base period 1989–90.
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