CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FEBRUARY / 2011

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

FEBRUARY / 2011

No.2

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The Composite CPI (108.13) for February 2011 rose by 4.70% year-on-year; the increment was attributable to rising indices of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages; Housing & Fuels; and Transport.

Among the different sections, notable increase was observed in the price index of Clothing &

Footwear (+8.02%), Transport (+7.31%), Health (+6.59%), Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+5.98%) and Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+5.61%) on account of dearer prices of women’s clothing and footwear, gold jewellery, gasoline, LP-gas and airfare, as well as higher charges for meals bought away from home. On the contrary, the price index of Communication decreased by 8.29%

year-on-year.

The CPI-A (107.49) and CPI-B (108.34) for February 2011 rose by 4.36% and 4.91% year-on- year respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index value for February 2011 108.13 107.49 108.34

Year-on-year change % 4.70 4.36 4.91

Annualized change % 3.39 2.95 3.56

Month-to-month change % 0.90 0.94 0.91 Year-on-year change for the

first two months of 2011 % 4.81 4.55 4.98

CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00

Feb. 2010 Apr. 2010 Jun. 2010 Aug. 2010 Oct. 2010 Dec. 2010 Feb. 2011

%

Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

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The Composite CPI for February 2011 increased by 0.90% month-to-month, with marked increase in the price index of Recreation & Culture (+4.79%); Transport (+1.58%); and Food & Non- Alcoholic Beverages (+1.52%), which was caused by higher charges for outbound package tours, rising prices of gasoline, airfare, as well as fresh fish and seafood. However, price index of Clothing &

Footwear registered a decrease of 1.65%. Meanwhile, the CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.94% and 0.91% respectively month-to-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first two months of 2011 increased by 4.81% year-on-year.

For the 12 months ended February 2011, the average Composite CPI rose by 3.39% from the preceding period.

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 month- to-month 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

4.70 4.36 4.91 0.90 0.94 0.91 3.39 2.95 3.56 100.00 100.00 100.00

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages

5.98 5.73 6.19 1.52 1.53 1.56 5.04 5.04 5.08 56.90 62.55 57.56

Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco

0.17 0.11 0.25 0.01 0.01 0.01 2.56 2.70 2.63 0.01 0.01 0.02

Clothing & Footwear

8.02 7.41 7.69 -1.65 -1.74 -1.64 6.29 6.17 6.26 -13.51 -9.78 -14.98

Housing & Fuels

3.77 3.79 3.78 0.61 0.66 0.59 1.39 1.29 1.28 14.56 18.12 12.68

Household Goods & Furnishings

3.83 3.74 3.71 0.43 0.52 0.42 1.96 2.04 1.75 1.45 1.19 1.61

Health

6.59 6.77 7.19 0.67 0.65 0.78 4.93 5.00 5.38 2.22 1.96 2.57

Transport

7.31 6.98 8.24 1.58 1.37 1.60 6.24 5.55 6.83 13.78 8.30 14.16

Communication

-8.29 -7.95 -8.52 0.01 0.02 0.02 -4.30 -4.12 -4.42 0.03 0.06 0.06

Recreation & Culture

2.52 3.02 2.63 4.79 5.31 4.56 3.97 4.27 3.94 31.02 26.51 32.04

Education

1.33 2.34 1.25 0.06 0.10 0.07 -4.55 -4.43 -4.13 0.35 0.42 0.34

Miscellaneous Goods & Services

5.61 3.64 5.64 -0.70 -1.36 -0.59 6.38 5.17 6.39 -6.81 -9.34 -6.06

- Absolute value equals zero

# 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

2009 101.40 102.57 109.08 104.07 97.80 101.44 102.08 96.87 95.64 100.55 107.21 104.22

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 2010

2 103.27 105.92 114.14 106.72 97.53 101.94 103.91 101.53 92.45 108.13 99.01 110.24 3 103.01 106.59 114.18 105.66 97.66 102.16 104.30 101.92 92.42 102.14 99.01 108.59 4 103.68 107.26 114.23 110.16 97.78 102.48 104.64 102.76 92.39 102.49 99.01 108.76 5 104.06 107.48 114.27 113.64 98.02 102.78 105.44 101.19 92.26 103.47 99.01 109.44 6 104.39 107.63 114.33 114.13 98.28 102.85 105.79 102.85 92.30 103.47 99.01 110.01 7 104.61 107.91 114.22 111.76 98.26 102.93 107.41 103.35 92.28 106.17 99.01 110.58 8 104.38 107.81 114.25 108.10 98.00 103.05 107.77 103.32 92.20 107.64 99.02 110.76 9 104.66 108.45 114.30 108.13 98.22 103.23 108.31 103.01 92.20 105.41 100.23 111.88 10 105.07 108.83 114.31 110.42 98.46 103.35 108.47 103.99 92.19 104.44 100.23 112.43 11 105.55 108.43 114.30 114.13 99.39 103.52 109.04 105.02 92.19 104.15 100.23 113.20 12 106.17 108.49 114.31 117.54 99.72 105.08 109.66 106.16 92.18 105.48 100.26 114.01

2011

1 107.16 110.57 114.32 117.22 100.59 105.40 110.03 107.26 84.78 105.79 100.26 117.24 2 108.13 112.25 114.33 115.28 101.21 105.85 110.76 108.95 84.79 110.86 100.33 116.42

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

2009 101.45 102.60 109.23 104.17 98.11 101.93 102.76 95.65 95.64 100.53 107.13 103.17 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 2010

2 103.00 106.27 114.69 107.08 97.68 102.36 104.67 99.46 92.57 108.80 98.41 109.59 3 102.80 106.86 114.73 105.87 97.81 102.56 104.92 100.12 92.55 102.92 98.41 106.83 4 103.36 107.51 114.77 110.12 97.93 102.94 105.22 101.02 92.53 103.20 98.41 106.95 5 103.61 107.64 114.80 113.64 98.15 103.29 105.84 99.21 92.42 103.89 98.41 107.30 6 103.85 107.75 114.85 114.07 98.40 103.39 106.14 100.72 92.45 103.70 98.41 107.55 7 104.06 108.04 114.72 112.00 98.38 103.50 108.20 101.07 92.43 105.95 98.41 108.09 8 103.81 107.88 114.75 108.34 98.06 103.65 108.59 100.83 92.36 107.45 98.43 108.22 9 104.25 108.57 114.80 108.17 98.27 103.91 109.23 100.89 92.36 106.15 100.56 109.54 10 104.60 108.99 114.80 110.41 98.50 104.05 109.44 101.76 92.36 105.25 100.56 109.74 11 104.91 108.36 114.80 114.19 99.52 104.25 110.10 102.67 92.35 104.96 100.56 110.09 12 105.32 108.30 114.80 117.44 99.84 105.40 110.59 103.78 92.35 106.06 100.61 110.52

2011

1 106.49 110.67 114.81 117.05 100.72 105.64 111.03 104.96 85.20 106.44 100.61 115.14 2 107.49 112.37 114.81 115.01 101.39 106.19 111.75 106.40 85.21 112.09 100.72 113.57

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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

2009 101.37 102.58 108.60 103.87 97.82 101.24 101.68 96.17 95.50 100.88 106.04 104.17 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 2010

2 103.28 105.78 113.72 106.40 97.38 101.61 103.59 100.96 92.23 108.05 98.62 110.13 3 103.05 106.54 113.75 105.48 97.51 101.78 104.12 101.63 92.20 102.24 98.62 108.58 4 103.81 107.22 113.82 110.24 97.64 102.05 104.53 102.71 92.17 102.65 98.62 108.74 5 104.24 107.49 113.89 113.91 97.89 102.31 105.53 100.92 92.04 103.71 98.62 109.41 6 104.60 107.65 113.95 114.37 98.15 102.39 105.95 102.67 92.08 103.78 98.62 109.99 7 104.77 107.88 113.85 111.78 98.12 102.47 107.48 103.00 92.06 106.49 98.62 110.56 8 104.52 107.84 113.90 107.87 97.90 102.55 107.83 102.89 91.98 107.89 98.63 110.72 9 104.78 108.44 113.96 107.69 98.12 102.73 108.33 102.81 91.97 105.74 99.76 111.90 10 105.19 108.80 113.96 109.85 98.37 102.84 108.47 103.89 91.97 104.76 99.76 112.38 11 105.72 108.56 113.96 113.49 99.26 102.96 109.04 105.04 91.96 104.42 99.76 113.13 12 106.42 108.69 113.98 116.64 99.59 104.67 109.83 106.38 91.96 105.71 99.79 113.91

2011

1 107.37 110.60 113.99 116.49 100.47 104.94 110.18 107.57 84.36 106.05 99.79 117.02 2 108.34 112.32 114.01 114.58 101.06 105.38 111.04 109.28 84.37 110.89 99.86 116.34

6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP)

2010 2011 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

February November December January February Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice 11.06 11.17 11.68 11.89 11.78 -0.94 6.49

Beef 72.93 70.96 72.60 72.60 77.08 6.16 5.68

Beef shin 70.30 69.54 69.67 69.19 74.93 8.30 6.58

Lean meat 52.36 52.30 52.42 51.71 51.24 -0.91 -2.14

Pork chop 52.10 52.54 51.95 52.42 51.95 -0.90 -0.29

Chicken 34.00 33.98 34.19 36.01 37.19 3.28 9.37

Golden thread 66.45 69.41 64.82 70.48 80.00 13.50 20.40

Pomfret 132.23 146.78 180.17 128.93 145.45 12.82 10.00

Sole 140.50 158.05 128.93 146.40 146.66 0.18 4.38

Grass carp kg 37.39 36.28 36.59 36.89 36.53 -1.00 -2.32

Head of “Tai U” 54.55 50.79 50.41 50.46 51.40 1.86 -5.78

Fresh-water perch 78.36 76.28 76.13 77.01 79.52 3.26 1.48 Chinese cabbage 14.62 11.77 10.38 13.98 13.55 -3.12 -7.33

Choy sum 21.12 14.65 15.29 18.95 15.72 -17.03 -25.56

Chinese lettuce 11.50 10.43 7.97 10.47 9.71 -7.20 -15.54

Hairy gourd 11.56 11.09 10.64 18.85 16.19 -14.11 40.03

Tomato 10.65 13.24 11.11 11.80 11.65 -1.25 9.39

Carrot 10.93 10.82 11.06 11.05 11.08 0.23 1.39

Banana 7.79 7.70 7.75 7.80 8.47 8.63 8.71

Orange 4.36 4.34 3.85 4.05 4.58 13.17 5.01

Apple each 4.36 4.13 3.85 4.45 4.45 -0.10 1.92

Hen egg 1.12 1.12 1.13 1.13 1.13 0.31 1.38

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed - Absolute value equals zero

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

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The following statistical tables are available for download from our 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