CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
NOVEMBER / 2008
No.11
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The Composite CPI for November 2008 rose by 7.49% year-on-year to 126.13, of which the price indices of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages; Health; and Clothing & Footwear went up by 16.25%, 13.81% and 7.87% respectively.
Among the subgroups of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, notable increase was observed in the prices of rice (+60.18%), fresh beef (+42.43%), canned meat (+41.31%), vegetables (+26.94%), fresh pork (+24.08%) and fresh fish (+21.62%). For the subgroups of Health and Clothing & Footwear, charges for medical consultation service and women’s clothings rose by 24.40% and 9.81% respectively.
Meanwhile, the price index of Recreation & Culture recorded a year-on-year increase of 7.37% due to rising charges for outbound package tours. Dearer prices of personal care products, higher charges for private tutorial centre, and that of hairdressing & grooming services drove the price index of Miscellaneous Goods & Services up by 6.04%. In spite of higher rentals for housing (+13.94%) and dearer charges for maintenance & repair services of dwelling (+13.41%), reduced prices of LP Gas (-4.65%) and the electricity subsidy provided by the Government slowed down the year-on-year increment of the index of Housing & Fuels to 3.89%.
On the contrary, the indices of Communication and Transport dropped by 4.98% and 2.66% respectively due to lower prices of mobile phones, reduced charges for mobile phone services, as well as falling gasoline prices.
The CPI-A and CPI-B for November 2008 were 128.60 and 125.46 respectively, up by 8.21% and 7.21% year-on-year.
1 – CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR NOVEMBER 2008
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index for the current month 126.13 128.60 125.46
Year-on-year rate of change % 7.49 8.21 7.21
Annual rate of change ended November 2008 % 8.70 9.13 8.55
Month-to-month rate of change % -0.50 -0.72 -0.46
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The Composite CPI for November 2008 dropped by 0.50% month-to-month, with the price indices of Transport; Housing & Fuels; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages going down by 2.59%, 1.03% and 0.63% respectively, on account of decreasing prices of gasoline and LP Gas, lower prices of fresh fish and vegetables. On the other hand, rising prices of winter clothing and footwear pushed up the price index of Clothing & Footwear by 2.32%. Moreover, the CPI-A and CPI-B declined by 0.72% and 0.46% respectively month-to-month.
The average Composite CPI for January to November 2008 went up by 8.84% over the same period of 2007. For the 12 months ended November 2008, the Composite CPI rose by 8.70%
over the preceding period.
The Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 49% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999. The CPI-B relates to about 31% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.
2 – CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL
%
Rates of change
Nov. 2008/ Nov. 2007 Jan. - Nov. 2008/
Jan. - Nov. 2007 Nov. 2008/ Oct. 2008
Contribution to monthly rate of change in
overall 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
Overall Index 7.49 8.21 7.21 8.84 9.29 8.68 -0.50 -0.72 -0.46 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 16.25 17.53 15.67 17.49 18.82 16.94 -0.63 -0.89 -0.50 40.72 44.82 36.56 Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 2.00 1.61 1.90 1.82 1.44 1.72 -0.18 -0.06 -0.15 0.32 0.09 0.29 Clothing and Footwear 7.87 7.90 7.33 6.89 7.19 6.37 2.32 2.03 2.39 -18.58 -6.86 -22.39 Housing and Fuels 3.89 3.05 3.36 8.67 7.84 8.14 -1.03 -1.24 -1.01 52.04 49.65 51.94 Household Goods and Furnishings 4.04 7.44 4.82 2.87 5.60 3.51 0.36 0.66 0.42 -1.82 -1.07 -2.16
Health 13.81 15.53 12.90 13.90 15.44 12.93 0.13 0.29 0.17 -0.74 -1.06 -0.99 Transport -2.66 -3.01 -3.79 8.30 7.62 9.18 -2.59 -2.67 -3.17 32.37 15.35 40.96 Communication -4.98 -3.90 -5.61 -6.85 -6.16 -7.21 0# 0# 0# 0.02 0.01 0.03
Recreation and Culture 7.37 5.79 7.07 7.09 5.50 6.78 0.35 0.10 0.34 -3.74 -0.56 -3.84
Education 2.94 3.98 2.64 -3.55 -3.58 -3.18 - - - -
Miscellaneous Goods and Services 6.04 6.83 6.37 5.80 6.02 6.08 0.04 0.06 0.02 -0.58 -0.39 -0.40 0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
- Absolute value equals zero
Year/
Month
Overall 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 29.05 1.04 4.70 21.81 2.95 3.07 7.05 4.74 5.97 11.12 8.51
2007
11 117.34 120.43 106.07 102.30 139.47 104.88 106.21 112.31 91.55 105.35 107.47 107.96 12 118.49 121.65 106.02 102.19 141.03 105.06 106.74 114.02 93.40 108.81 107.47 108.20
2008
1 119.61 125.29 106.01 99.26 142.57 105.33 115.87 114.45 85.48 106.93 107.47 108.62 2 122.64 131.22 106.10 97.26 145.41 105.54 116.70 115.48 85.45 113.38 107.48 112.04 3 122.53 130.77 106.49 98.90 145.80 105.88 117.34 116.34 87.07 110.33 107.48 110.54 4 122.39 133.83 106.99 104.87 138.99 106.36 118.02 118.07 87.03 110.20 107.48 110.78 5 123.35 134.42 107.50 107.68 140.87 106.61 118.83 120.47 87.04 110.73 107.49 110.90 6 124.72 137.06 107.73 110.76 142.19 107.03 119.44 122.07 87.03 110.96 107.49 111.04 7 125.77 139.79 107.92 109.22 142.91 107.36 120.13 122.94 87.02 111.78 107.49 111.37 8 125.79 139.58 108.23 107.89 144.26 107.70 120.53 118.35 87.01 113.67 107.49 111.74 9 126.32 139.12 108.37 106.13 145.69 108.23 120.70 116.84 87.00 112.93 110.62 114.29 10 126.76 140.89 108.39 107.84 146.40 108.72 120.73 112.23 86.99 112.72 110.63 114.43 11 126.13 140.00 108.19 110.35 144.89 109.11 120.89 109.32 86.99 113.12 110.63 114.48
4 – TIME SERIES OF CPI-A
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100
Year/
Month
Overall 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 32.83 1.34 2.93 26.07 1.33 2.76 4.82 5.12 4.41 12.88 5.50
2007
11 118.84 120.74 106.37 101.25 137.03 106.61 106.78 111.29 91.06 107.43 108.46 108.74 12 119.84 121.95 106.37 101.32 138.34 107.15 107.41 112.49 93.25 108.70 108.46 108.86
2008
1 121.41 125.95 106.35 99.01 139.90 107.58 117.75 113.09 85.59 108.03 108.46 109.18 2 124.87 132.97 106.43 97.38 142.77 107.95 118.75 114.15 85.57 111.85 108.47 112.90 3 124.70 131.89 106.72 99.07 143.24 108.60 119.47 114.99 87.57 110.20 108.47 111.06 4 124.16 135.44 107.08 104.16 135.76 109.45 120.11 116.52 87.54 109.85 108.48 111.29 5 125.02 135.76 107.34 106.45 137.70 109.72 121.07 118.99 87.55 110.15 108.48 111.44 6 126.55 138.88 107.42 109.39 138.92 110.50 121.64 120.35 87.54 110.11 108.50 111.74 7 127.91 142.30 107.60 108.17 139.61 111.08 122.25 121.05 87.53 110.53 108.50 111.91 8 127.95 141.78 107.98 107.31 141.01 111.77 122.68 116.41 87.53 111.65 108.50 112.33 9 128.85 141.10 108.16 105.91 142.39 112.79 122.88 115.43 87.52 113.39 112.77 115.87 10 129.53 143.17 108.15 107.08 142.97 113.80 123.01 110.90 87.51 113.54 112.78 116.10 11 128.60 141.90 108.09 109.25 141.20 114.55 123.37 107.94 87.51 113.66 112.78 116.17
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5 – TIME SERIES OF CPI-B
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100
Year/
Month
Overall 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 30.24 1.01 5.03 20.49 2.68 2.85 6.58 4.92 5.82 11.20 9.18
2007
11 117.03 120.37 106.13 102.90 138.81 105.41 106.82 114.30 91.27 105.21 106.98 108.43 12 118.12 121.59 106.09 102.73 140.32 105.62 107.35 115.85 92.86 108.65 106.98 108.63
2008
1 119.14 125.10 106.08 99.57 141.87 105.94 115.26 116.57 84.95 106.49 106.98 109.03 2 122.06 130.59 106.16 97.53 144.58 106.16 116.05 117.49 84.91 112.99 106.98 112.74 3 122.00 130.43 106.53 98.89 144.99 106.59 116.78 118.73 86.24 109.64 106.98 111.08 4 121.82 133.22 106.99 104.59 137.64 107.19 117.49 120.80 86.19 109.59 106.99 111.33 5 122.84 133.95 107.45 107.19 139.48 107.47 118.41 123.88 86.21 110.19 106.99 111.46 6 124.16 136.35 107.65 110.25 140.79 107.98 119.04 125.56 86.19 110.49 106.99 111.62 7 125.13 138.76 107.82 108.67 141.51 108.36 119.76 126.30 86.18 111.32 106.99 112.05 8 125.10 138.68 108.14 107.51 142.81 108.78 120.15 120.51 86.17 113.28 106.99 112.41 9 125.68 138.31 108.31 105.97 144.25 109.43 120.37 119.24 86.16 112.53 109.80 115.17 10 126.04 139.94 108.31 107.86 144.94 110.02 120.40 113.56 86.15 112.26 109.81 115.31 11 125.46 139.24 108.15 110.44 143.47 110.49 120.60 109.96 86.15 112.64 109.81 115.34
6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail prices (MOP
)2007 2008
Rates of change (%)Items Unit
November August September October November
Nov. 2008/Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008/Nov. 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice Rice – Thailand
(packaged, regular) kg 6.84 11.73 11.15 10.97 10.55 -3.89 54.15 Fresh beef Beef kg 49.30 70.77 72.01 71.80 71.71 -0.13 45.47 Shin beef kg 49.92 69.74 68.73 68.63 68.97 0.49 38.17 Fresh pork Lean meat kg 42.74 56.55 55.84 54.55 53.01 -2.81 24.03
Pork chop kg 41.44 53.42 53.72 53.36 52.07 -2.43 25.64
Live poultry Chicken kg 28.34 34.20 33.53 33.81 33.65 -0.49 18.75 Fresh salt-water Golden thread kg 44.69 51.30 45.98 56.92 55.38 -2.70 23.94 fish Pomfret kg 72.70 81.90 81.89 87.18 74.96 -14.02 3.10
Sole kg 70.27 82.90 78.57 86.16 73.29 -14.94 4.30
Fresh fresh- Grass carp kg 23.65 36.01 35.86 35.77 35.76 -0.01 51.22 water fish Head of “Tai U” kg 40.67 49.88 49.70 49.86 49.94 0.16 22.80 Fresh-water perch kg 50.81 76.84 74.89 71.11 66.92 -5.90 31.69
Egg Hen egg each 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.10 9.11 16.82
Fruit Orange each 3.38 3.41 3.55 3.68 3.88 5.26 14.80
Banana kg 6.69 7.31 7.57 7.57 7.48 -1.24 11.84
Apple each 3.26 4.04 4.23 5.06 4.39 -13.32 34.34
Vegetable Chinese cabbage kg 8.40 12.65 11.96 13.64 12.40 -9.13 47.62
Choy sum kg 10.14 16.44 15.42 16.81 15.28 -9.14 50.74
Chinese lettuce kg 7.60 13.51 12.76 13.66 11.11 -18.69 46.23 Hairy gourd kg 9.06 10.61 10.09 12.37 11.01 -11.00 21.55
Tomato kg 9.56 10.16 9.44 11.55 11.36 -1.64 18.88
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00
November 2007 January 2008 March May July September November
% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change
CHART 2 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A
-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
November 2007 January 2008 March May July September November
% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change
CHART 3
– MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00
November 2007 January 2008 March May July September November
% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change
