CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
MARCH / 2003
No. 3
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
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The 1999/2000-based Consumer Price Index (CPI) has become available since January 2001, the consumption pattern is derived from the Household Budget Survey 98/99. In this CPI series, housing rent includes both private and welfare housing.
Furthermore, CPI(A) relates to 54% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999; CPI(B) accounts for 26% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.
TABLE 1：CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — MARCH 2003
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100 Unit Composite
CPI CPI(A) CPI(B)
Monthly index 93.82 94.78 93.50
Annual rate of change ended March 2003 % -2.33 -2.18 -2.45
Month-to-month rate of change % -0.16 -0.04 -0.22
Year-on-year rate of change % -1.48 -1.49 -1.53
CHART 1 – MONTHLY RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION %
G l o b a l i n d e x - 0 . 1 6 %
The Composite CPI of March 2003 was 93.82, equivalent to a decrease of 0.16% over the previous month. Falling prices in women’s clothing and footwear, monthly service charge of mobile telephone and fees for repair and maintenance pushed down the indices of CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS and HOUSEHOLD GOODS, by 3.52%, 0.65% and 0.38% respectively. On the other hand, rising prices in fresh vegetables, fresh salt-water fish and table wine led to increases in the indices of FOODSTUFF AND BEVERAGES (+0.24%) and TOBACCO AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (+0.07%).
The Composite CPI fell by 1.48% in March 2003 over the same month of 2002. The decline in the annual rate of change has been narrowing since October 2002. To the period ended March 2003, the Composite CPI decreased by 2.33%. The Composite CPI for January to March 2003 also dropped by 1.60% over the same period of 2002.
CPI(A) and CPI(B) decreased by 0.04% and 0.22% respectively over February 2003.
Clothing and footwear -3.52 Transport and
communications -0.65 Household goods -0.38 Other goods and services -0.20 Rent and housing
expenses -0.03
Health -0.20
Foodstuff and beverages 0.24 Tobacco and alcoholic
beverages 0.07
Education and leisure 0.01
TABLE 2：TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.35 5.26 29.93 1.23 3.22 2.42 9.81 10.89 5.89
2002
March 95.22 96.71 83.96 94.18 105.05 91.96 100.84 95.33 98.48 93.91
April 95.04 96.05 84.30 94.05 105.15 91.80 100.84 95.74 98.45 94.11
May 94.81 95.08 85.01 94.12 105.12 91.50 101.23 95.76 98.29 94.54
June 94.90 95.75 84.76 93.81 105.18 90.34 101.55 95.49 98.09 95.69
July 94.92 95.85 81.43 94.17 105.28 89.98 101.74 95.88 98.03 96.19
August 94.90 96.63 78.55 94.02 105.17 90.01 101.64 95.01 97.98 96.64
September 94.54 96.35 76.56 93.89 105.20 89.97 101.45 94.80 97.97 94.85
October 94.70 96.61 77.62 93.96 105.29 89.84 101.24 94.77 97.97 95.10
November 94.32 95.71 79.11 93.63 105.29 88.43 101.35 94.62 97.97 94.79
December 94.36 95.55 78.94 93.48 105.26 88.54 101.28 95.17 97.93 96.43
2003
January 94.45 95.34 75.66 93.32 105.28 88.40 101.27 95.86 98.28 100.97
February 93.97 95.26 73.11 93.53 105.21 88.44 101.07 95.30 98.17 95.77
March 93.82 95.49 70.53 93.50 105.28 88.10 101.06 94.68 98.18 95.57
TABLE 3：PRINCIPAL RATES OF CHANGE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AT SECTION LEVEL OF GOODS AND SERVICES
% Rates of change
Jan. – Mar. 2003/
Jan. – Mar. 2002 Mar. 2003/Mar. 2002 Mar. 2003/Feb. 2003
Contribution to rate of change in global index Goods and services
Composite
CPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Global index -1.60 -1.75 -1.62 -1.48 -1.49 -1.53 -0.16 -0.04 -0.22 100.00 100.00 100.00 Foodstuff and beverages -1.68 -1.93 -1.61 -1.27 -1.40 -1.23 0.24 0.32 0.21 -46.77 -252.00 -30.29 Clothing and footwear -13.13 -12.30 -13.35 -16.00 -14.96 -16.18 -3.52 -3.07 -3.64 88.03 178.25 81.18 Rent and housing expenses -1.09 -1.93 -0.70 -0.72 -1.47 -0.35 -0.03 -0.04 -0.03 6.16 27.46 4.12 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages 0.28 0.21 0.27 0.22 0.15 0.22 0.07 0.03 0.08 -0.55 -1.01 -0.50 Household goods -4.24 -3.86 -4.35 -4.21 -3.78 -4.37 -0.38 -0.55 -0.37 7.08 17.24 5.69
Health -0.04 0.41 -0.13 0.23 0.59 0.24 o -0.01 -0.03 0.07 0.50 0.35
Transport and communications -0.78 -1.03 -0.74 -0.68 -0.99 -0.62 -0.65 -0.63 -0.73 39.57 112.88 34.07 Education and leisure -0.40 -0.08 -0.65 -0.30 0.04 -0.53 0.01 0.01 -0.03 -0.93 -1.68 1.65 Other goods and services 1.94 1.32 1.84 1.77 0.65 1.77 -0.20 -0.24 -0.12 7.34 18.35 3.73 o : Less than half of the unit employed
TABLE 4：TIME SERIES OF CPI (A)
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 35.05 3.34 32.88 1.48 1.47 2.33 7.91 12.16 3.38
2002
March 96.21 96.20 83.18 95.16 105.27 92.83 101.67 94.99 101.81 95.79
April 95.87 95.49 83.62 94.76 105.37 92.62 101.76 95.32 101.78 96.06
May 95.52 94.42 84.03 94.77 105.34 92.44 102.24 95.24 101.69 96.38
June 95.72 95.20 84.02 94.56 105.39 91.43 102.62 95.18 101.53 97.20
July 95.83 95.38 80.98 94.95 105.48 90.93 102.87 95.47 101.49 97.30
August 95.96 96.41 78.39 94.75 105.37 90.96 102.76 94.51 101.44 97.45
September 95.71 96.06 76.65 94.61 105.39 90.87 102.58 94.41 101.69 96.44
October 95.88 96.40 77.44 94.69 105.46 90.70 102.37 94.39 101.70 96.48
November 95.36 95.17 79.05 94.32 105.46 89.76 102.46 94.31 101.70 96.25
December 95.28 95.01 78.78 94.15 105.46 89.93 102.42 94.41 101.66 97.52
2003
January 95.04 94.65 75.77 93.50 105.48 89.68 102.41 94.85 101.88 101.47
February 94.82 94.55 72.98 93.80 105.40 89.81 102.27 94.65 101.85 96.65
March 94.78 94.85 70.73 93.76 105.43 89.32 102.26 94.05 101.85 96.42
TABLE 5：TIME SERIES OF CPI (B)
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.50 6.22 27.13 1.26 3.51 2.16 10.13 11.54 6.55
2002
March 94.96 96.80 84.30 94.41 105.12 92.36 101.30 94.50 96.75 93.35
April 94.76 96.10 84.62 94.23 105.22 92.15 101.36 95.05 96.73 93.41
May 94.53 95.20 85.07 94.31 105.19 91.84 101.78 94.93 96.53 93.98
June 94.62 95.81 84.84 94.01 105.24 90.62 102.10 94.74 96.37 95.05
July 94.64 95.89 82.30 94.40 105.34 90.27 102.20 94.99 96.30 95.67
August 94.57 96.55 79.81 94.26 105.24 90.30 102.09 93.86 96.23 96.28
September 94.16 96.31 77.40 94.13 105.27 90.25 102.02 93.98 96.05 94.16
October 94.31 96.53 78.25 94.21 105.35 90.03 101.76 94.00 96.05 94.41
November 94.00 95.80 79.66 93.88 105.36 88.66 101.81 93.92 96.04 94.06
December 94.00 95.62 79.48 93.73 105.32 88.77 101.74 94.06 96.03 95.53
2003
January 94.17 95.47 75.81 93.92 105.34 88.60 101.74 94.63 96.45 100.03
February 93.71 95.41 73.33 94.12 105.28 88.66 101.58 94.61 96.26 95.12
March 93.50 95.61 70.66 94.09 105.36 88.33 101.55 93.92 96.23 95.00
TABLE 6：AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SOME FOOD ITEMS
MOP Average retail prices
2002 2003
Items Unit
March October November December January February March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Packaged rice from Thailand kg 5.54 5.30 5.30 5.30 5.30 5.29 5.48
Salt-water fish, fresh
Golden thread kg 28.72 29.19 31.79 32.87 30.98 30.32 29.40
Promfret kg 79.92 59.72 66.92 66.38 68.76 72.49 80.00
Sole kg 80.92 86.42 96.26 107.80 93.09 84.42 81.13
Fresh-water fish, fresh
Grass carp kg 19.83 19.22 19.19 19.02 19.01 19.08 19.07
Snake head kg 21.16 22.22 21.91 21.91 21.20 21.35 20.94
Head of big head fish kg 35.09 34.47 34.47 33.77 34.92 34.00 33.96
Fresh pork
Lean cut kg 37.31 37.31 37.31 37.31 33.77 30.22 30.22
Pork chop kg 37.54 36.84 36.84 36.84 33.29 29.75 29.75
Fresh beef
Shin beef kg 38.25 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72
Beef kg 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20
Live poultry
Chicken kg 26.45 25.27 25.27 25.27 25.32 25.74 25.74
Duck kg 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.26 19.17 19.17 19.17
Fresh vegetable
White cabbage kg 5.72 8.10 5.41 5.45 5.12 6.18 6.72
Flowering cabbage kg 6.92 9.02 6.18 6.82 6.76 7.22 8.66
Chinese lettuce kg 4.66 8.43 5.61 5.48 5.25 5.16 4.83
Broccoli kg 17.92 21.40 22.45 24.66 21.67 21.80 22.24
Tomato kg 5.97 6.86 6.86 6.24 6.26 6.22 6.52
Potato kg 6.11 6.38 6.51 6.36 6.41 6.11 5.92
Onion kg 7.24 6.74 6.85 6.59 7.07 7.35 7.23
Fresh fruit
Orange each 2.66 2.45 2.46 2.36 2.35 2.38 2.33
Apple each 2.48 2.60 2.68 2.61 2.68 2.64 2.46
Banana kg 7.12 6.65 6.64 6.72 6.84 6.83 6.83
Egg
Hen egg each 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71
CHART 2 – MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CHART 3 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(A)
CHART 4 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(B) -4.00
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
March 2002 May July September November January 2003 March
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
March 2002 May July September November January 2003 March
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
March 2002 May July September November January 2003 March
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION
1G - Time series of the Composite Consumer Price Index 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 rates of change in the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level 2A - Month-to-month rates of change in CPI(A) at section level
2B - Month-to-month rates of change in CPI(B) at section level
3G - Average rates of change in the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level during the last 12 months
3A - Average rates of change in CPI(A) at section level during the last 12 months 3B - Average rates of change in CPI(B) at section level during the last 12 months
4G - Index and principal rates of change of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4A - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(A) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4B - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(B) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
5 - Average retail prices of some food items
6G - Quarter-to-quarter rates of change of the Composite Consumer Price Index 6A - Quarter-to-quarter rates of change of CPI(A)
6B - Quarter-to-quarter rates of change of CPI(B)
7G - Movements of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level 7A - Movements of CPI(A) at section level
7B - Movements of CPI(B) at section level
