CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MARCH/ 2010

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

MARCH/ 2010

No.3

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Composite CPI (103.01) for March 2010 increased by 1.88% year-on-year, attributable to the price increase of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages. Price indices of Transport; Clothing &

Footwear; Miscellaneous Goods & Services and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose by 8.40%, 5.51%, 5.45% and 4.11% respectively, on account of dear prices of gasoline and new arrival of Spring clothing, rising gold prices and higher charges for meals bought away from home.

On the contrary, apart from the 9.81% decrease of the price index of Education, reduced charges for mobile phone services and lower rentals for housing drove the price indices of Communication; and Housing & Fuels down by 3.37% and 1.0% respectively.

The CPI-A (102.8) and CPI-B (103.05) for March 2010 increased by 1.26% and 2.0% year-on- year respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for March 2010 103.01 102.80 103.05

Year-on-year change % 1.88 1.26 2.00

Annualized change % 0.74 0.18 0.86

Month-to-month change % -0.25 -0.19 -0.22

Index for the 1

quarter 2010 102.81 102.49 102.84

Year-on-year change % 1.52 0.80 1.65

Quarter-to-quarter change % 1.19 1.22 1.18

The Composite CPI for March 2010 decreased by 0.25% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Recreation & Culture; and Miscellaneous Goods & Services fell by 5.54% and 1.50%

respectively, attributable to lower charges for outbound package tours and hairdressing services after the Lunar New Year. However, price index of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose by 0.64% on account of dearer charges for meals bought away from home.

The average Composite CPI for the first quarter of 2010 (102.81)) increased by 1.52% year-on- year. For the 12 months ended March 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 0.74% over 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 1.88 1.26 2.00 -0.25 -0.19 -0.22 0.74 0.18 0.86 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 4.11 4.25 4.10 0.64 0.56 0.72 4.20 4.30 4.20 -84.60 -110.28 -108.72 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 14.35 15.65 14.71 0.03 0.04 0.02 12.86 14.09 13.25 -0.17 -0.33 -0.13 Clothing & Footwear 5.51 5.36 5.44 -0.99 -1.13 -0.86 8.31 8.20 8.22 27.30 29.40 30.56 Housing & Fuels -1.00 -1.35 -1.28 0.13 0.13 0.13 -1.59 -2.25 -1.75 -11.15 -17.32 -11.62 Household Goods & Furnishings 0.93 1.04 0.78 0.22 0.20 0.17 1.50 2.15 1.53 -2.66 -2.26 -2.70 Health 2.74 2.68 3.04 0.37 0.24 0.50 2.97 3.14 3.16 -4.30 -3.44 -6.66 Transport 8.40 7.39 9.06 0.38 0.67 0.67 -2.03 -3.40 -2.96 -11.54 -19.39 -23.68 Communication -3.37 -3.23 -3.46 -0.04 -0.03 -0.04 -2.34 -2.14 -2.47 0.46 0.60 0.50 Recreation & Culture 2.53 2.97 2.20 -5.54 -5.41 -5.38 2.72 3.50 2.43 135.94 140.03 164.10

Education -9.81 -10.41 -8.97 - - - -12.77 -13.22 -11.91 - - -

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 5.45 4.69 5.48 -1.50 -2.51 -1.41 4.75 4.65 4.73 50.71 82.98 58.34 - Absolute value equals zero

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

3 - TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

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 32.78 1.12 6.75 22.82 3.13 2.90 7.88 3.52 5.93 5.16 8.02

2008 100.23 97.19 99.34 95.04 99.05 99.26 98.68 102.82 97.32 97.41 119.84 99.78 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

2009

3 101.11 102.38 99.85 100.14 98.65 101.22 101.52 94.01 95.64 99.63 109.78 102.98 4 101.10 102.11 99.93 105.08 98.02 101.23 101.69 94.18 95.64 99.30 109.78 103.32 5 101.26 102.41 113.49 107.67 97.12 101.41 101.82 94.93 95.64 99.10 109.78 103.58 6 101.66 103.00 113.37 108.32 97.00 101.42 102.02 97.37 95.63 99.61 109.78 103.85 7 101.60 103.18 113.54 104.47 96.92 101.54 102.04 97.36 95.64 100.02 109.78 104.28 8 101.79 102.80 113.63 102.10 97.57 101.46 102.21 100.08 95.64 101.49 109.78 104.18 9 100.80 103.19 113.73 99.75 97.36 101.58 102.40 98.52 95.64 100.70 98.95 104.73 10 101.07 103.31 113.75 102.00 97.29 101.63 102.87 99.27 95.63 100.38 99.00 105.30 11 101.56 103.27 113.87 107.66 97.45 101.69 103.07 99.34 95.63 100.42 99.00 106.09 12 102.17 103.54 113.87 112.90 97.26 101.72 103.32 99.27 95.63 102.84 99.00 106.91

2010

1 102.14 104.19 113.90 109.69 97.19 101.90 104.04 100.52 92.51 101.74 99.00 107.36 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 - 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

2008 100.65 97.11 98.76 95.41 100.11 98.41 99.09 102.92 97.02 97.04 119.91 98.54 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 2009

3 101.52 102.51 99.21 100.49 99.15 101.51 102.18 93.23 95.64 99.95 109.85 102.05 4 101.28 102.08 99.32 105.16 98.46 101.59 102.35 93.15 95.64 99.71 109.85 102.30 5 101.42 102.44 114.07 107.06 97.56 101.93 102.46 93.91 95.64 99.64 109.85 102.51 6 101.78 103.17 113.96 107.75 97.38 102.09 102.57 96.23 95.63 99.91 109.85 102.66 7 101.67 103.26 114.14 104.22 97.13 102.09 102.58 96.00 95.64 99.97 109.85 103.26 8 101.81 102.85 114.24 102.22 97.79 101.88 102.86 98.62 95.64 100.80 109.86 103.20 9 100.70 103.28 114.24 99.99 97.35 101.95 103.07 97.23 95.64 100.99 98.35 104.08 10 100.89 103.39 114.24 102.49 97.28 102.00 103.65 97.51 95.63 100.86 98.40 104.31 11 101.22 103.31 114.37 108.17 97.49 102.06 103.83 97.63 95.63 100.88 98.40 104.64 12 101.64 103.58 114.37 113.40 97.31 102.08 104.15 97.50 95.63 102.79 98.40 105.06 2010

1 101.66 104.30 114.41 110.03 97.27 102.30 104.75 98.64 92.62 101.87 98.40 105.29 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

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

2008 100.12 97.22 98.67 94.89 99.28 98.83 98.09 103.65 97.38 97.90 117.68 99.69 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 2009

3 101.03 102.34 99.16 100.05 98.78 100.99 101.04 93.19 95.50 100.04 108.34 102.94 4 101.05 102.18 99.25 104.87 98.13 101.01 101.26 93.24 95.50 99.59 108.34 103.25 5 101.24 102.48 113.14 107.31 97.19 101.19 101.44 94.18 95.50 99.39 108.34 103.52 6 101.64 102.98 113.02 107.97 97.06 101.22 101.67 96.97 95.49 99.95 108.34 103.84 7 101.55 103.17 113.18 104.15 96.96 101.33 101.71 96.61 95.51 100.30 108.34 104.23 8 101.69 102.75 113.29 101.89 97.54 101.23 101.79 99.63 95.51 101.81 108.34 104.11 9 100.77 103.14 113.36 99.65 97.31 101.35 102.01 98.05 95.51 100.96 98.56 104.69 10 101.06 103.27 113.37 101.85 97.23 101.38 102.48 98.68 95.50 100.63 98.62 105.24 11 101.60 103.29 113.48 107.38 97.36 101.43 102.70 98.77 95.50 100.65 98.62 105.99 12 102.26 103.56 113.49 112.42 97.16 101.47 102.93 98.67 95.49 103.09 98.62 106.82

2010

1 102.20 104.17 113.51 109.32 97.08 101.61 103.78 100.02 92.29 101.89 98.62 107.30 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

6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP

2009 2010

Item Unit

March December January February March

month Year-on-year

Thai rice (packaged) 9.91 10.54 10.69 11.06 11.15 0.80 12.54

Beef 72.99 70.82 71.21 72.93 71.77 -1.59 -1.67

Beef shin 70.21 69.42 68.90 70.30 69.49 -1.16 -1.03

Lean meat 52.95 52.01 52.01 52.36 52.36 0

-1.11

Pork chop 53.25 51.89 51.59 52.10 52.01 -0.17 -2.33

Chicken 33.88 33.62 34.16 34.00 34.12 0.35 0.70

Golden thread 65.23 69.42 67.44 66.45 63.47 -4.48 -2.70 Pomfret 104.63 138.84 132.23 132.23 159.93 20.95 52.86

Sole 103.21 133.18 137.04 140.50 144.30 2.71 39.81

Grass carp kg 36.14 35.83 35.79 37.39 36.71 -1.84 1.57 Head of “Tai U” 50.86 53.40 53.04 54.55 53.44 -2.05 5.06 Fresh-water perch 73.49 73.20 74.52 78.36 75.73 -3.36 3.05 Chinese cabbage 12.60 11.32 13.79 14.62 13.26 -9.31 5.22

Choy sum 18.21 15.64 17.95 21.12 17.91 -15.20 -1.65

Chinese lettuce 9.61 9.34 9.11 11.50 9.98 -13.26 3.87

Hairy gourd 11.11 10.60 10.48 11.56 12.05 4.17 8.39

Tomato 10.25 10.81 11.09 10.65 10.31 -3.24 0.53

Carrot 9.15 10.02 9.72 10.93 10.24 -6.26 11.90

Banana 7.53 7.69 7.74 7.79 7.79 -0.11 3.32

Orange 4.31 4.64 4.31 4.36 4.55 4.44 5.63

Apple each 3.62 3.48 3.60 4.36 3.98 -8.80 9.84

Hen egg 1.10 10.54 10.69 11.06 1.10 -1.50 0

7 – CHANGES OF THE QUARTERLY COMPOSITE CPI

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Quarter

Golbal Index ^r

Food and Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

and Tobacco

Clothing and Footwear

Housing and Fuels ^r

Household Goods and Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation and Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods and 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

1 101.27 101.33 99.91 99.63 99.19 101.21 101.18 94.03 95.64 100.91 113.90 102.81 2 101.34 102.51 108.93 107.02 97.38 101.35 101.84 95.50 95.63 99.34 109.78 103.58 3 101.40 103.05 113.63 102.11 97.28 101.52 102.22 98.65 95.64 100.73 106.17 104.40 4 101.60 103.37 113.83 107.52 97.33 101.68 103.09 99.29 95.63 101.21 99.00 106.10 2010

1 102.81 105.57 114.07 107.36 97.46 102.00 104.08 101.32 92.46 104.01 99.01 108.73 Rate of

change (%) Quarter-to-

quarter 1.19 2.12 0.22 -0.15 0.13 0.31 0.97 2.04 -3.31 2.76 0^# 2.48 Year-on-year 1.52 4.18 14.18 7.76 -1.74 0.78 2.87 7.75 -3.33 3.06 -13.08 5.76

CHART 1 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

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

March 2009 May July September November January 2010 March

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

CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE 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

March 2009 May July September November January 2010 March

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

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF THE 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

March 2009 May July September November January 2010 March

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

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