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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 7

(Chapter 4: The Economy)

1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index

(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)

Annual average

Annual rate of increase (%)

Section

Weight

1997

1998

1999

1997

1998

1999

All items

100.00

114.7

117.9

113.2

5.8

2.8

-4.0

Food

29.50

109.3

111.4

109.4

3.6

1.9

-1.8

Meals bought away from home

(18.16)

109.8

112.2 110.8

4.0

2.2

-1.2

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(11.34)

108.6

110.2

107.1

3.0

1.5

-2.8

Housing

28.83

123.7

129.4

122.9

9.1

4.7

-5.1

Fuel and light

2.36

112.8

114.6

114.1

5.6

1.6

-0.4

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

1.35

113.3

120.8

122.3

5.6

6.6

1.2

Clothing and footwear

6.66

119.4

118.5

94.1

8.4

-0.8

-20.6

Durable goods

5.49

105.1

105.3

98.7

2.2

0.2

-6.3

Miscellaneous goods

6.14

109.2

112.0 111.2

5.4

2.6

-0.7

Transport

7.77

112.3

116.6 117.2

4.0

3.9

0.5

Miscellaneous services

11.90

112.7

115.7 114.2

4.5

2.7

-1.3

Note: The Composite CPI is based on the average expenditure pattern of all households covered in the CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C).

1994/95-based Consumer Price Index (A)

(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)

Annual average

Annual rate of increase (%)

Section

Weight

1997

1998

1999

1997

1998

1999

All items

100.00

114.1

117.0 113.2

5.7

2.6

-3.3

Food

37.30

109.5

111.6 109.2

3.7

1.9

-2.2

Meals bought away from home

(20.43)

110.5

113.3 111.7

4.3

2.5

-1.4

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(16.87)

108.3

109.5 106.1

2.9

1.1

-3.1

Housing

25.34

122.2

125.9 120.4

9.0

3.0

-4.4

Fuel and light

3.37

112.7

114.2

113.3

5.6

1.3

-0.7

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

2.06

113.4

120.8

122.2

5.7

6.6

1.1

Clothing and footwear

5.12

121.6

121.7

97.6

9.1

0.1

-19.9

Durable goods

4.34

105.1

105.4

100.0

2.3

0.3

-5.2

Miscellaneous goods

6.03

110.8

114.8 114.7

7.2

3.6

-0.1

Transport

7.17

112.4

117.3 117.8

3.9

4.3

0.4

Miscellaneous services

9.27

114.4

119.1 118.4

4.9

4.2

-0.6

Note: The CPI(A) covers about 50% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $4,000 to $15,999 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1994

to Sep. 1995.