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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 8

(Chapter 4: The Economy)

1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index

(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)

Annual average

Annual rate of change (%)

Section

Weight

1998

1999

2000

1998

1999

2000

All items

100.00

117.9

113.2

109.1

2.8

-4.0

-3.7

Food

29.50

111.4

109.4

107.0

1.9

-1.8

-2.2

Meals bought away from home

(18.16)

112.2

110.8 109.8

2.2

-1.2

-0.9

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(11.34)

110.2

107.1

102.5

1.5

-2.8

-4.3

Housing

28.83

129.4

122.9

112.8

4.7

-5.1

-8.2

Fuel and light

2.36

114.6

114.1

118.8

1.6

-0.4

4.1

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

1.35

120.8

122.3

121.3

6.6

1.2

-0.8

Clothing and footwear

6.66

118.5

94.1

85.1

-0.8

-20.6

-9.6

Durable goods

5.49

105.3

98.7

95.1

0.2

-6.3

-3.7

Miscellaneous goods

6.14

112.0

111.2

112.3

2.6

-0.7

1.0

Transport

7.77

116.6

117.2 118.4

3.9

0.5

1.0

Miscellaneous services

11.90

115.7

114.2

114.1

2.7

-1.3

-0.1

Note: The Composite CPI is compiled 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 change (%)

Section

Weight

1998

1999

2000

1998

1999

2000

All items

100.00

117.0

113.2

110.1

2.6

-3.3

-2.8

Food

37.30

111.6

109.2 106.6

1.9

-2.2

-2.4

Meals bought away from home

(20.43)

113.3

111.7 110.8

2.5

-1.4

-0.8

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(16.87)

109.5

106.1 101.5

1.1

-3.1

-4.3

Housing

25.34

125.9

120.4 113.1

3.0

4.4

-6.0

Fuel and light

3.37

114.2

113.3 118.5

1.3

-0.7

4.5

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

2.06

120.8

122.2

121.3

6.6

1.1

-0.7

Clothing and footwear

5.12

121.7

97.6

86.6

0.1

-19.9

-11.2

Durable goods

4.34

105.4

100.0

96.6

0.3

-5.2

-3.4

Miscellaneous goods

6.03

114.8

114.7 116.5

3.6

-0.1

1.6

Transport

7.17

117.3

117.8 118.5

4.3

0.4

0.6

Miscellaneous services

9.27

119.1

118.4

118.6

4.2

-0.6

0.2

Note: The CPI(A) is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of 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.

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