CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MAY / 2012

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

MAY / 2012

No.5

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Composite CPI (116.85) for May 2012 increased by 6.76% year-on-year, attributable to higher charges for meals bought away from home, as well as dearer prices of vegetable and fresh pork.

For the 12 months ended May 2012, the average Composite CPI increased by 6.40%

from the preceding period; the average CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 6.29% and 6.62%

respectively.

In comparison with May 2011, notable increase was observed in the price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+31.93%); and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+9.90%) on account of rising charges for meals bought away from home, as well as dearer prices of vegetable and fresh pork. On the contrary, price index of Communication decreased by 6.59%. The CPI-A (116.32) and CPI-B (117.47) for May 2012 increased by 7.18% and 6.94% respectively year-on-year.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for May 2012 116.85 116.32 117.47

Year-on-year change % 6.76 7.18 6.94

Annualized change % 6.40 6.29 6.62

Month-to-month change % 0.66 0.74 0.64 Year-on-year change for the first

five months of 2012 % 6.47 6.55 6.74

CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

May 2011 Jul. 2011 Sep. 2011 Nov. 2011 Jan. 2012 Mar. 2012 May 2012

%

Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

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The Composite CPI for May 2012 increased by 0.66% month-to-month, of which the price index of Clothing & Footwear rose by 3.39% upon new arrival of Summer clothing, while the price index of Transport decreased by 1.02% with lower gasoline prices. The CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.74% and 0.64% month-to-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first five months of 2012 increased by 6.47% year- on-year, with noticeable increase in the price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+28.59%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+9.65%); and Miscellaneous Goods &

Services (+8.07%). On the other hand, price index of Communication registered a decrease of 6.48%. The CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 6.55% and 6.74% respectively year-on-year.

The 2008/2009-based Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 50% of the households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP6,000 to MOP18,999. The CPI-B relates to about 30% of the households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP19,000 to MOP34,999.

2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B BY SECTION

%

Year-on-year change Month-to-month change Annualized change

Contribution to the year-on- year change of the

Global Index Goods and services

Com- posite

CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite

CPI

CPI-A CPI-B

Global Index 6.76 7.18 6.94 0.66 0.74 0.64 6.40 6.29 6.62 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 9.90 10.15 9.75 0.82 0.89 0.78 9.46 9.62 9.40 50.39 55.28 47.90 Food 11.06 11.25 10.81 1.28 1.29 1.24 10.56 10.66 10.53 20.12 25.21 17.57 Meals bought away from home 9.40 9.55 9.36 0.54 0.59 0.53 9.00 9.08 8.99 29.74 29.44 29.83 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 31.93 32.54 31.66 1.99 2.05 1.92 13.03 13.11 13.14 5.53 6.94 5.05 Clothing & Footwear 4.19 4.60 4.45 3.39 3.45 3.45 5.58 5.67 5.73 4.57 3.38 5.31 Garments 3.93 4.43 4.36 3.41 3.50 3.47 5.87 6.02 6.06 3.21 2.46 3.95 Footwear 5.18 5.32 5.13 3.71 3.57 3.69 4.83 4.84 5.05 1.26 0.88 1.35 Housing & Fuels 7.34 6.38 8.55 0.80 0.82 0.79 4.27 3.66 4.91 22.74 22.40 23.33 Electricity charges 3.23 3.23 3.23 - - - -15.60 -15.60 -15.60 0.91 1.09 0.80 Liquefied petroleum gas 5.02 5.02 5.02 2.99 2.99 2.99 7.95 7.95 7.95 1.03 1.31 0.86 Household Goods & Furnishings 6.55 5.60 6.76 0.01 0.02 0^# 5.51 5.36 5.46 2.96 1.69 3.40 Health 5.18 5.25 5.50 0.59 0.73 0.53 5.71 5.73 6.13 2.28 2.08 2.36 Transport 1.83 2.57 2.73 -1.02 -1.11 -1.16 7.12 7.17 7.86 2.19 2.10 3.25 Communication -6.59 -6.96 -6.87 -0.11 -0.09 -0.11 -10.04 -10.17 -10.39 -2.66 -3.21 -2.52 Recreation & Culture 2.42 2.95 2.15 0.29 0.14 0.33 4.16 4.58 4.11 2.10 1.95 1.99 Outbound package tours 4.24 4.23 4.05 1.48 0.80 1.60 7.16 7.62 7.45 0.72 0.50 0.76

Education 1.91 3.22 1.85 - - - 1.77 2.99 1.69 1.34 1.66 1.22

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 6.62 6.52 6.51 -0.18 0.09 -0.18 9.07 7.77 8.89 8.54 5.74 8.72 Jewellery. clocks and watches 9.96 10.05 9.91 -1.95 -1.43 -1.95 20.89 19.08 20.82 2.17 0.48 2.22 - Absolute value equals zero

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 32.78 1.12 6.75 22.82 3.13 2.90 7.88 3.52 5.93 5.16 8.02

2010 104.25 107.41 114.23 110.84 98.21 102.94 106.57 102.97 92.30 104.56 99.42 110.61 2011 110.30 116.16 115.59 118.30 101.58 107.60 113.04 111.97 82.45 109.95 100.93 120.63 2011

5 109.46 114.79 114.51 119.33 100.38 107.08 112.34 112.32 84.71 108.61 100.33 118.96 6 110.29 115.73 114.33 121.86 100.87 107.51 112.70 112.43 84.62 109.85 100.33 120.67 7 110.85 116.89 114.47 119.97 101.25 107.78 113.19 113.39 84.57 110.89 100.34 121.38 8 110.80 117.29 114.71 117.28 101.07 108.17 113.65 114.32 79.31 111.97 100.35 122.22 9 111.48 118.53 114.86 115.69 102.23 108.77 114.46 113.97 79.29 110.42 102.13 123.41 10 112.12 119.44 114.94 118.09 103.06 109.02 115.38 113.59 79.29 109.80 102.15 123.70 11 112.56 119.75 114.94 121.92 103.42 109.12 115.71 112.73 79.21 110.31 102.15 124.04 12 113.40 120.44 126.98 125.60 103.88 109.43 115.78 112.70 79.31 111.79 102.15 124.27

2012

1 114.45 121.86 144.62 121.14 103.30 110.48 116.34 115.26 79.35 116.55 102.15 127.87 2 114.41 122.52 145.24 118.23 104.90 112.25 116.96 115.01 79.42 109.92 102.25 126.64 3 115.39 124.76 146.32 115.16 105.95 113.94 117.19 115.96 79.27 110.80 102.25 126.88 4 116.09 125.13 148.13 120.25 106.89 114.08 117.45 115.55 79.22 110.91 102.25 127.06 5 116.85 126.16 151.08 124.33 107.75 114.09 118.15 114.38 79.13 111.24 102.25 126.83

4 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-A

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 36.94 1.44 4.82 27.22 2.19 2.71 5.78 4.22 4.71 4.00 5.96

2010 103.77 107.54 114.74 110.95 98.32 103.47 107.31 100.85 92.45 105.02 99.13 108.31 2011 109.49 116.33 115.97 118.25 101.51 108.21 114.05 109.38 82.74 110.73 101.74 116.49 2011

5 108.53 114.81 114.96 118.88 100.42 107.65 113.39 109.72 85.15 109.23 100.72 114.96 6 109.35 115.78 114.74 121.75 100.91 108.24 113.83 109.74 85.07 110.63 100.72 116.65 7 110.02 117.16 114.74 120.12 101.27 108.59 114.34 110.78 85.03 111.47 100.75 116.97 8 109.81 117.55 115.01 117.39 100.81 109.05 114.71 111.46 79.37 112.73 100.76 117.36 9 110.66 118.81 115.08 115.92 101.95 109.50 115.38 111.26 79.36 111.63 103.77 118.40 10 111.32 119.74 115.15 118.13 102.76 109.77 116.17 110.96 79.36 110.87 103.78 118.52 11 111.71 120.00 115.14 122.03 103.12 109.85 116.59 110.25 79.30 111.30 103.78 118.81 12 112.48 120.65 127.52 125.55 103.57 110.11 116.73 109.89 79.38 112.37 103.78 119.15

2012

1 113.48 122.18 145.72 121.05 102.31 110.97 117.23 112.31 79.41 117.26 103.78 124.61 2 113.66 122.74 146.33 118.24 104.00 112.26 117.91 112.72 79.46 111.26 103.96 122.06 3 114.82 125.09 147.34 115.23 105.03 113.51 118.19 113.83 79.34 112.11 103.96 122.23 4 115.47 125.34 149.30 120.20 105.97 113.66 118.48 113.81 79.29 112.30 103.96 122.35 5 116.32 126.46 152.36 124.35 106.83 113.68 119.35 112.54 79.22 112.46 103.96 122.46

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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100 Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 32.59 1.06 7.63 20.76 3.60 2.91 8.04 3.32 6.45 5.03 8.60

2010 104.38 107.42 113.85 110.59 98.08 102.50 106.54 102.74 92.08 104.78 99.00 110.56 2011 110.63 116.20 115.44 117.90 101.59 107.01 113.43 112.49 81.95 110.28 100.43 120.41 2011

5 109.84 114.93 114.25 119.13 100.25 106.57 112.62 112.83 84.29 109.09 99.86 118.83 6 110.68 115.87 114.10 121.72 100.75 106.90 112.95 112.89 84.20 110.30 99.86 120.40 7 111.17 116.88 114.40 119.78 101.13 107.07 113.47 113.86 84.15 111.26 99.86 121.10 8 111.18 117.28 114.66 117.03 101.25 107.46 114.00 114.81 78.69 112.28 99.87 121.95 9 111.85 118.52 114.92 115.50 102.42 108.14 114.98 114.77 78.67 110.71 101.59 123.12 10 112.47 119.40 115.01 117.75 103.27 108.35 116.12 114.28 78.67 110.17 101.60 123.39 11 112.93 119.77 115.01 121.46 103.59 108.43 116.42 113.28 78.59 110.67 101.60 123.73 12 113.77 120.48 126.83 124.95 104.07 108.69 116.45 113.09 78.70 112.06 101.60 124.02

2012

1 115.03 121.87 144.10 120.57 104.39 109.81 117.09 116.07 78.73 116.64 101.60 127.46 2 114.97 122.56 144.76 117.76 105.95 111.79 117.73 116.32 78.80 110.08 101.70 126.38 3 115.94 124.73 145.87 114.90 107.02 113.65 117.94 117.59 78.65 110.86 101.70 126.61 4 116.72 125.17 147.58 120.28 107.97 113.77 118.20 117.29 78.59 111.07 101.70 126.79 5 117.47 126.14 150.42 124.43 108.82 113.77 118.82 115.92 78.50 111.44 101.70 126.56

Average retail price (MOP)

2011 2012 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

May February March April May Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice

11.88

12.88 12.94 13.04 13.03 -0.05 9.65

Beef

81.58

96.12 97.05 99.06 100.06 1.02 22.65

Beef shin

78.75

92.87 93.94 94.83 97.31 2.61 23.58 Lean meat

54.13

63.23 60.86 61.87 61.28 -0.95 13.20 Pork chop

55.49

63.05 60.74 60.92 61.16 0.39 10.21 Chicken

36.36

38.21 38.08 38.02 38.07 0.13 4.68 Golden thread

67.08

81.89 77.93 75.16 76.22 1.42 13.64 Pomfret

166.02

164.34 158.68 190.79 169.96 -10.92 2.37 Sole

185.12

164.55 178.07 185.56 189.23 1.97 2.22 Grass carp kg

37.49

44.93 44.54 44.99 45.71 1.59 21.92 Head of “Tai U”

56.78

68.58 72.13 72.37 73.32 1.31 29.13 Fresh-water perch

76.01

84.76 87.18 89.12 96.34 8.10 26.74 Chinese cabbage

12.23

13.31 15.98 15.42 17.07 10.68 39.54 Choy sum

16.98

18.42 24.68 20.48 20.17 -1.48 18.85 Chinese lettuce

10.39

10.20 12.14 11.71 15.67 33.81 50.85 Hairy gourd

11.34

14.91 17.77 16.79 15.88 -5.40 40.11 Tomato

10.93

12.17 12.72 13.53 20.27 49.89 85.54 Carrot

10.35

11.36 11.54 11.27 12.16 7.89 17.45

Banana

8.76

8.96 8.95 8.98 8.99 0.06 2.67

Orange

4.18

4.16 4.09 4.12 4.04 -1.95 -3.42

Apple each

3.78

4.36 4.05 4.05 4.05 -0.05 7.34

Hen egg

1.18

1.18 1.18 1.19 1.19 - 0.33

MOP : Macao Pataca

- Absolute value equals zero

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

Note；Due to rounding. the results displayed may not correspond to the results calculated.

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The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC website

1G - Time Series of the Composite Consumer Price Index (Composite CPI) by Section 1A - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index A (CPI-A) by Section

1B - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index B (CPI-B) by Section 2G - Month-to-Month Change of the Composite CPI by Section 2A - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-A by Section

2B - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-B by Section 3G - Year-on-Year Change of the Composite CPI by Section 3A - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-A by Section

3B - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-B by Section 4G - Annualized Change of the Composite CPI by Section 4A - Annualized Change of the CPI-A by Section

4B - Annualized Change of the CPI-B by Section

5G - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 5A - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

5B - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

6G - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 6A - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

6B - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-B 7 - Average Retail Prices of Selected Food Items

8G - Changes of the Quarterly Composite CPI by Section 8A - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-A by Section

8B - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-B by Section