CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
APRIL / 2009
No.4
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The Composite CPI for April 2009 rose by 2.45% year-on-year to 125.40, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages went up by 11.75% and 6.70%
respectively.
Among the subgroups of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, notable increase was observed in the price indices of fresh fish (+32.28%) and fruit (+11.75%). For the subgroups of Clothing &
Footwear, price indices of women’s clothing (+10.82%) and footwear (+16.76%) registered marked increase. Meanwhile, the price index of Miscellaneous Goods & Services increased by 4.75% due to dearer prices of articles and products for personal care.
On the contrary, price index of Transport registered a year-on-year decrease of 10.06% on account of falling prices of gasoline.
The CPI-A and CPI-B for April 2009 were 127.25 and 124.86 respectively, up by 2.49% and 2.50% year-on-year.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR APRIL 2009
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index for the current month 125.40 127.25 124.86
Year-on-year rate of change % 2.45 2.49 2.50 Annual rate of change ended April 2009 % 6.58 6.88 6.46 Month-to-month rate of change % -0.01 -0.23 0.02
The Composite CPI for April 2009 dropped slightly by 0.01% month-to-month, with the price index of Housing & Fuels decreasing by 0.64%, attributable to the continuous electricity subsidy provided by the Government, reduced tariff clause adjustment on electricity charges and lower rentals for housing. However, arrivals of Summer clothings drove up the price index of Clothing & Footwear by 4.93%. Moreover, the CPI-A decreased by 0.23% whereas the CPI-B increased by 0.02% month- to-month.
The average Composite CPI for the first four months of 2009 went up by 3.09% year-on-year.
For the 12 months ended April 2009, the average Composite CPI rose by 6.58% 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.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL / 2009 DSEC No.4
2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL
%
Rates of change
Apr. 2009/ Apr. 2008 Jan. - Apr. 2009/
Jan. - Apr. 2008 Apr. 2009/ Mar. 2009
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 2.45 2.49 2.50 3.09 3.10 3.07 -0.01 -0.23 0.02 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 6.70 6.83 6.72 8.99 9.35 8.84 -0.26 -0.42 -0.16 594.53 68.61 -242.37 Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 1.08 0.92 1.05 1.62 1.29 1.54 0.08 0.12 0.09 -5.10 -0.57 3.67 Clothing and Footwear 11.75 11.45 11.86 12.55 11.82 12.46 4.93 4.65 4.82 -1,398.48 -51.29 968.49 Housing and Fuels 2.35 1.83 2.32 0.23 -0.52 -0.11 -0.64 -0.69 -0.66 1,072.75 85.44 -684.25 Household Goods and Furnishings 2.85 4.75 3.22 3.40 5.96 3.98 0.01 0.08 0.02 -1.97 -0.42 1.87
Health 4.09 4.41 4.37 4.62 4.98 4.94 0.18 0.17 0.22 -35.81 -1.95 27.53 Transport -10.06 -11.17 -12.05 -8.63 -9.61 -10.39 0.18 -0.09 0.05 -72.10 1.56 12.95 Communication -2.04 -1.80 -2.18 -1.16 -0.70 -1.47 -0# -0# -0# 0.01 0# -0.01
Recreation and Culture 3.46 4.27 3.38 4.71 4.58 4.70 -0.33 -0.24 -0.45 121.08 4.10 -105.64
Education -7.50 -7.18 -7.13 -4.89 -4.38 -4.68 - - - -
Miscellaneous Goods and Services 4.75 5.43 4.89 4.63 5.37 4.81 0.33 0.25 0.31 -174.91 -5.49 117.77 0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
- Absolute value equals zero
3 - TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI
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 29.05 1.04 4.70 21.81 2.95 3.07 7.05 4.74 5.97 11.12 8.51
2008
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 12 125.78 139.11 108.20 111.78 144.93 109.25 121.35 104.72 86.99 115.39 110.63 114.56
2009
1 126.53 140.64 108.19 111.27 145.03 109.24 122.02 105.94 85.26 118.93 110.63 115.37 2 124.88 141.31 108.11 110.37 143.66 109.50 122.03 106.14 85.26 114.27 99.42 115.37 3 125.41 143.18 108.06 111.69 143.16 109.38 122.63 106.01 85.25 114.39 99.42 115.67
Month Index Alcoholic Beverages
and
Tobacco Footwear and Fuels
Furnishings cation
Culture 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
2008
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 12 128.05 140.65 108.09 110.75 141.26 114.87 123.84 102.59 87.51 114.61 112.78 116.27
2009
1 128.81 142.47 108.08 110.32 141.49 114.88 124.59 103.84 85.97 116.08 112.78 117.09 2 126.88 142.98 107.99 109.53 139.83 115.32 124.58 103.70 85.96 114.66 100.69 116.82 3 127.55 145.31 107.94 110.93 139.21 114.56 125.20 103.60 85.96 114.82 100.69 117.04 4 127.25 144.69 108.06 116.09 138.24 114.65 125.40 103.51 85.96 114.54 100.69 117.33
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
2008
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 12 125.14 138.54 108.15 111.96 143.51 110.64 121.05 104.65 86.15 114.86 109.81 115.43
2009
1 125.84 139.94 108.14 111.40 143.61 110.61 121.79 105.65 84.32 118.53 109.81 116.24 2 124.36 140.74 108.06 110.47 142.28 110.93 121.79 106.31 84.31 113.73 99.36 116.11 3 124.84 142.39 108.01 111.62 141.76 110.62 122.36 106.19 84.31 113.80 99.36 116.41 4 124.86 142.16 108.11 117.00 140.83 110.64 122.63 106.25 84.31 113.29 99.36 116.77
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL / 2009 DSEC No.4
6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail prices (MOP
)2008 2009
Rates of change (%)
Items Unit
April January February March April
Apr. 2009/Mar. 2009
Apr. 2009/
Apr. 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice Rice – Thailand
(packaged, regular) kg 11.82 10.13 10.04 10.04 10.04 - -15.00
Fresh beef Beef kg 70.63 72.90 71.24 72.99 72.63 -0.50 2.82
Shin beef kg 68.85 69.32 70.83 70.21 69.87 -0.49 1.48
Fresh pork Lean meat kg 55.35 53.99 52.89 52.95 52.42 -1.00 -5.29
Pork chop kg 54.31 52.58 52.89 53.25 53.27 0.04 -1.91
Live poultry Chicken kg 31.88 34.00 33.77 33.88 33.81 -0.21 6.07
Fresh salt-water Golden thread kg 39.12 61.62 63.02 65.23 66.12 1.35 69.02
fish Pomfret kg 82.51 88.68 92.56 104.63 119.36 14.08 44.65
Sole kg 69.31 87.84 83.80 103.21 125.62 21.71 81.23
Fresh fresh- Grass carp kg 29.89 36.13 36.21 36.14 35.94 -0.56 20.24
water fish Head of “Tai U” kg 47.56 49.88 50.74 50.86 52.13 2.50 9.61
Fresh-water perch kg 54.08 68.01 69.59 73.49 75.34 2.51 39.31 Egg Hen egg each 0.98 1.14 1.12 1.10 1.10 - 11.92
Fruit Orange each 3.31 4.41 4.61 4.31 4.23 -1.78 27.80
Banana kg 7.32 7.28 7.46 7.53 7.75 2.84 5.85
Apple each 3.83 4.05 4.39 3.62 3.48 -4.06 -9.20
Vegetable Chinese cabbage kg 11.15 9.42 9.07 12.60 10.91 -13.41 -2.16
Choy sum kg 14.59 14.07 12.07 18.21 12.87 -29.36 -11.82
Chinese lettuce kg 9.20 7.08 6.53 9.61 9.38 -2.38 1.92
Hairy gourd kg 14.44 14.42 11.10 11.11 10.62 -4.46 -26.48
Tomato kg 10.98 10.53 9.73 10.25 9.99 -2.59 -9.02
Carrot kg 9.97 9.92 9.94 9.15 9.84 7.50 -1.30
- Absolute value equals zero-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
April 2008 June August October December February 2009 April
CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A
-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
April 2008 June August October December February 2009 April
% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change
CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B
-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
April 2008 June August October December February 2009 April
% Year-on-year rate of change Month-to-month rate of change
