CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER/ 2009

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

OCTOBER/ 2009

No.10

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Starting from October 2009, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released the new series of Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebased to April 2008 – March 2009. The Composite CPI reflects the impacts of price changes on the general population. The new rebased CPI-A relates to about 50% of the households, which had an average monthly expenditure of MOP6,000 to MOP18,999 while the CPI-B relates to about 30% of the households, which had an average monthly expenditure of MOP19,000 to MOP34,999.

The 2008/2009-based Composite CPI (101.15) for October 2009 decreased by 1.10% year-on- year, of which the price index of Education fell substantially by 18.95%; besides, falling prices of LPG, lower rentals for housing and reduced charges for mobile phone services drove the price indices of Housing & Fuels; and Communication down by 3.53% and 2.01% respectively.

On the contrary, price indices of Clothing & Footwear; Miscellaneous Goods & Services; and Health increased by 5.49%, 3.35% and 2.92% respectively, attributable to higher charges for medical consultation, dearer prices of women’s clothing and gold jewellery.

The CPI-A (101.00) and CPI-B (101.12) for October 2009 decreased by 2.13% and 0.92%

year-on-year.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR OCTOBER 2009

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index for the current month 101.15 101.00 101.12

Year-on-year rate of change % -1.10 -2.13 -0.92 Annual rate of change ended October 2009 % 2.22 2.12 2.22 Month-to-month rate of change % 0.28 0.19 0.29

The Composite CPI for October 2009 increased by 0.28% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; Transport; and Miscellaneous Goods & Services rose by 2.26%, 0.75% and 0.54% respectively on account of dearer prices of new Autumn and Winter clothing, rising prices of private cars and gasoline, as well as higher gold prices. However, price index of Recreation

& Culture decreased by 0.32% due to lower charges for outbound package tours. Meanwhile, the CPI- A and CPI-B rose by 0.19% and 0.29% month-to-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first ten months of 2009 went up by 1.35% year-on-year.

For the 12 months ended October 2009, the average Composite CPI rose by 2.22% over the preceding

period.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER / 2009 DSEC No.10

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

%

Rates of change

Oct. 2009/ Oct. 2008 Jan. - Oct. 2009/

Jan. - Oct. 2008 Oct. 2009/ Sept. 2009

Contribution to 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Global Index -1.10 -2.13 -0.92 1.35 1.10 1.39 0.28 0.19 0.29 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 2.54 2.36 2.68 5.92 6.04 5.90 0.11 0.10 0.13 13.61 21.13 15.29 Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 13.58 14.93 14.01 8.97 9.69 9.21 0.01 -0.01 0.01 0.06 -0.06 0.05 Clothing and Footwear 5.49 5.67 5.35 9.24 8.77 9.29 2.26 2.50 2.20 54.11 63.66 56.66 Housing and Fuels -3.53 -4.45 -3.70 -1.01 -1.77 -1.21 -0.05 -0.05 -0.05 -4.15 -7.00 -3.66 Household Goods and Furnishings 1.01 1.15 0.93 2.51 4.24 2.83 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.52 0.51 0.38 Health 2.92 3.23 3.07 3.55 3.83 3.79 0.46 0.56 0.46 4.82 8.24 4.59 Transport -0.27 -2.29 -0.98 -7.68 -8.89 -9.37 0.75 0.29 0.65 20.84 8.53 17.23 Communication -2.01 -1.78 -2.14 -1.68 -1.36 -1.89 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.12 -0.19 -0.10 Recreation and Culture 2.24 2.04 1.96 3.44 3.83 3.29 -0.32 -0.13 -0.33 -6.81 -3.22 -7.33 Education -18.95 -20.02 -17.63 -8.81 -8.73 -8.31 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.91 1.22 0.89 Miscellaneous Goods and Services 3.35 3.04 3.21 4.46 4.95 4.53 0.54 0.22 0.53 16.21 7.18 16.00

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

- Absolute value equals zero

3 - TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food and Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

and Tobacco

Clothing and Footwear

Housing and Fuels

Household Goods and Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation and Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods and Services

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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

2008

10 102.28 100.74 100.15 96.70 101.22 100.61 99.95 99.53 97.59 98.18 122.15 101.88 11 101.76 100.11 99.97 98.94 100.18 100.97 100.07 96.95 97.58 98.52 122.15 101.92 12 101.49 99.47 99.98 100.23 100.21 101.10 100.46 92.87 97.58 100.50 122.15 102.00

2009

1 102.09 100.56 99.97 99.77 100.27 101.09 101.01 93.95 95.64 103.59 122.15 102.72 2 100.76 101.05 99.90 98.96 99.32 101.33 101.02 94.13 95.64 99.53 109.78 102.72 3 101.19 102.38 99.85 100.14 98.98 101.22 101.52 94.01 95.64 99.63 109.78 102.98 4 101.17 102.11 99.93 105.08 98.35 101.23 101.69 94.18 95.64 99.30 109.78 103.32 5 101.34 102.41 113.49 107.67 97.46 101.41 101.82 94.93 95.64 99.10 109.78 103.58 6 101.74 103.00 113.37 108.32 97.33 101.42 102.02 97.37 95.63 99.61 109.78 103.85 7 101.67 103.18 113.54 104.47 97.25 101.54 102.04 97.36 95.64 100.02 109.78 104.28 8 101.87 102.80 113.63 102.10 97.90 101.46 102.21 100.08 95.64 101.49 109.78 104.18 9 100.87 103.19 113.73 99.75 97.70 101.58 102.40 98.52 95.64 100.70 98.95 104.73

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food and Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

and Tobacco

Clothing and Footwear

Housing and Fuels

Household Goods and Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation and Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods and Services

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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 2008

10 103.20 101.01 99.40 96.99 102.24 100.84 100.40 99.80 97.36 98.84 123.03 101.23 11 102.46 100.11 99.34 98.96 100.97 101.50 100.69 97.13 97.36 98.94 123.03 101.29 12 102.03 99.23 99.34 100.32 101.02 101.79 101.07 92.32 97.36 99.77 123.03 101.38 2009

1 102.63 100.52 99.33 99.93 101.18 101.79 101.69 93.45 95.64 101.05 123.03 102.09 2 101.09 100.87 99.25 99.22 99.99 102.18 101.68 93.32 95.64 99.82 109.85 101.85 3 101.62 102.51 99.21 100.49 99.55 101.51 102.18 93.23 95.64 99.95 109.85 102.05 4 101.39 102.08 99.32 105.16 98.86 101.59 102.35 93.15 95.64 99.71 109.85 102.30 5 101.53 102.44 114.07 107.06 97.96 101.93 102.46 93.91 95.64 99.64 109.85 102.51 6 101.89 103.17 113.96 107.75 97.77 102.09 102.57 96.23 95.63 99.91 109.85 102.66 7 101.78 103.26 114.14 104.22 97.52 102.09 102.58 96.00 95.64 99.97 109.85 103.26 8 101.91 102.85 114.24 102.22 98.18 101.88 102.86 98.62 95.64 100.80 109.86 103.20 9 100.81 103.28 114.24 99.99 97.74 101.95 103.07 97.23 95.64 100.99 98.35 104.08 10 101.00 103.39 114.24 102.49 97.69 102.00 103.65 97.51 95.63 100.86 98.40 104.31

5 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-B

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food and Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

and Tobacco

Clothing and Footwear

Housing and Fuels

Household Goods and Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation and Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods and Services

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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 2008

10 102.06 100.58 99.44 96.68 101.25 100.44 99.42 99.66 97.59 98.69 119.73 101.96 11 101.59 100.08 99.29 98.99 100.23 100.87 99.59 96.50 97.58 99.03 119.73 101.98 12 101.33 99.58 99.29 100.35 100.26 101.00 99.97 91.84 97.58 100.98 119.73 102.07 2009

1 101.90 100.59 99.28 99.85 100.32 100.98 100.57 92.72 95.51 104.20 119.73 102.79 2 100.69 101.16 99.20 99.01 99.39 101.27 100.57 93.30 95.50 99.98 108.34 102.67 3 101.08 102.34 99.16 100.05 99.03 100.99 101.04 93.19 95.50 100.04 108.34 102.94 4 101.10 102.18 99.25 104.87 98.38 101.01 101.26 93.24 95.50 99.59 108.34 103.25 5 101.30 102.48 113.14 107.31 97.44 101.19 101.44 94.18 95.50 99.39 108.34 103.52 6 101.70 102.98 113.02 107.97 97.32 101.22 101.67 96.97 95.49 99.95 108.34 103.84 7 101.60 103.17 113.18 104.15 97.21 101.33 101.71 96.61 95.51 100.30 108.34 104.23 8 101.75 102.75 113.29 101.89 97.80 101.23 101.79 99.63 95.51 101.81 108.34 104.11 9 100.83 103.14 113.36 99.65 97.56 101.35 102.01 98.05 95.51 100.96 98.56 104.69 10 101.12 103.27 113.37 101.85 97.51 101.38 102.48 98.68 95.50 100.63 98.62 105.24

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6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail prices (MOP

2008 2009

Rate of change (%)

Items Unit

October July August September October

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rice Rice – Thailand

(packaged, regular) kg 10.97 10.02 10.02 10.02 10.11

0.89 -7.88

Fresh beef Beef kg 71.80 73.86 72.20 72.43 71.31 -1.54 -0.68

Shin beef kg 68.63 71.82 69.36 70.11 67.08 -4.33 -2.26

Fresh pork Lean meat kg 54.55 52.89 52.30 51.66 51.95 0.55 -4.76

Pork chop kg 53.36 53.27 54.07 51.62 52.42 1.56 -1.77

Live poultry Chicken kg 33.81 33.81 33.88 33.81 33.77 -0.14 -0.14

Salt-water fish Golden thread kg 56.92 67.13 68.60 68.57 70.69 3.09 24.19

Pomfret kg 87.18 113.72 105.48 137.04 138.84 1.32 59.25 Sole kg 86.16 134.88 144.13 129.18 138.24 7.02 60.44

Fresh- water fish Grass carp kg 35.77 36.11 36.99 35.99 36.11 0.33 0.96

Head of “Tai U” kg 49.86 50.93 50.27 52.56 51.99 -1.09 4.27 Fresh-water perch kg 71.11 90.72 81.65 78.11 75.44 -3.42 6.09 Egg Hen egg each 1.01 1.11 1.10 1.11 1.11 0.19 10.17

Fruit Orange each 3.68 4.55 3.80 4.14 4.11 -0.86 11.55

Banana kg 7.57 7.74 7.95 7.75 7.66 -1.18 1.08 Apple each 5.06 3.48 3.41 3.91 3.91 -0.05 -22.67

Vegetable Chinese cabbage kg 13.64 11.98 12.91 13.04 12.97 -0.53 -4.94

Choy sum kg 16.81 16.00 17.45 16.42 15.51 -5.56 -7.77 Chinese lettuce kg 13.66 11.55 12.16 12.74 11.75 -7.83 -14.04 Hairy gourd kg 12.37 10.09 9.82 10.63 10.77 1.39 -12.90 Tomato kg 11.55 11.17 11.71 11.61 11.39 -1.89 -1.38 Carrot kg 10.50 9.86 10.39 10.49 10.24 -2.42 -2.52

a

r- Absolute value equals zero

-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

October 2008 December February 2009 April June August October

% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change

CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A

-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

October 2008 December February 2009 April June August October

% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B

-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

October 2008 December February 2009 April June August October

% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER / 2009 DSEC No.10

The following statistical tables are available for download from our website

1G - Time series of the Composite CPI at section level 1A - Time series of CPI-A at section level

1B - Time series of CPI-B at section level

2G - Month-to-month rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 2A - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-A at section level

2B - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-B at section level

3G - Year-on-year rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 3A - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-A at section level

3B - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-B at section level

4G - Annual rate of change of the average Composite CPI at section level 4A - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-A at section level

4B - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-B at section level 5G - Movements of the Composite CPI at section level

5A - Movements of CPI-A at section level 5B - Movements of CPI-B at section level

6G - The Composite CPI and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels 6A - CPI-A and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

6B - CPI-B and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

7 - Average retail prices of selected food items