CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
SEPTEMBER/ 2010
No.9
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Statistics and Census Service
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Composite CPI (104.66) for September 2010 increased by 3.83% year-on-year, attributable to the price increase in Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Miscellaneous Goods & Services and Clothing & Footwear. Analyzed by section of goods and services, Clothing & Footwear (+8.40%);
Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+6.82%); Health (+5.78%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+5.09%); Recreation & Culture (+4.68%) and Transport (+4.56%) recorded notable increase on account of dearer prices of men’s clothing, women’s shoes, gold jewellery, fresh seafood, vegetables, gasoline and airfares, as well as rising charges for outbound package tours, out-patient medical services and meals bought away from home.
As for other sections, price index of Education rose by 1.29% as the increment of tuition fees of the schools not joining the free education network was higher than that of the Government subsidies.
On the other hand, reduced charges for mobile phone services caused the price index of Communication to fall by 3.60% year-on-year.
The CPI-A (104.25) and CPI-B (104.78) for September 2010 increased by 3.52% and 3.97%
year-on-year respectively.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index value for September 2010 104.66 104.25 104.78
Year-on-year change % 3.83 3.52 3.97
Annualized change % 1.78 1.07 1.96
Month-to-month change % 0.27 0.42 0.25
Year-on-year change for the first
nine months of 2010 % 2.43 1.83 2.61
The Composite CPI for September 2010 increased by 0.27% month-to-month, with the price indices of Education; and Miscellaneous Goods & Services rising by 1.22% and 1.01% respectively on account of higher tuition fees in the new academic year and dearer prices of gold jewellery. However, price index of Recreation & Culture fell by 2.07% due to lower charges for outbound package tours after the Summer Holidays.
The Composite CPI for the third quarter of 2010 increased by 3.11% over the same quarter of 2009, with marked increase in the price indices of Clothing & Footwear (+7.07%), Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+6.40%), Recreation & Culture (+5.63%) and Heath (+5.49%).
The average Composite CPI for the first nine months of 2010 increased by 2.43% year-on-year.
For the 12 months ended September 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 1.78% from 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.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SEPTEMBER / 2010 DSEC No.9
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 3.83 3.52 3.97 0.27 0.42 0.25 1.78 1.07 1.96 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 5.09 5.11 5.14 0.59 0.64 0.55 4.29 4.40 4.27 74.88 58.49 74.68 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.50 0.49 0.53 0.04 0.04 0.05 8.03 8.66 8.23 0.20 0.16 0.25 Clothing & Footwear 8.40 8.18 8.06 0.02 -0.16 -0.17 7.23 7.45 7.20 0.56 -1.87 -5.34 Housing & Fuels 0.88 0.95 0.84 0.22 0.22 0.22 -0.78 -1.19 -0.98 18.08 13.56 17.43 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.63 1.92 1.36 0.18 0.25 0.17 1.10 1.06 0.90 2.11 1.28 2.43 Health 5.78 5.97 6.20 0.51 0.59 0.47 3.67 3.72 3.98 5.73 3.97 5.66 Transport 4.56 3.76 4.85 -0.30 0.06 -0.08 5.58 4.39 5.92 -8.75 0.81 -2.46 Communication -3.60 -3.43 -3.70 0# 0# 0# -3.09 -2.92 -3.19 -0.04 -0.03 -0.04 Recreation & Culture 4.68 5.11 4.73 -2.07 -1.21 -1.99 3.68 4.09 3.48 -47.68 -13.98 -53.25 Education 1.29 2.25 1.21 1.22 2.17 1.14 -12.29 -12.97 -11.32 22.54 19.57 21.72 Miscellaneous Goods & Services 6.82 5.25 6.89 1.01 1.22 1.06 5.47 4.52 5.44 32.38 18.05 38.92 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 &
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
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 4 103.68 107.26 114.23 110.16 97.78 102.48 104.64 102.76 92.39 102.49 99.01 108.76 5 104.06 107.48 114.27 113.64 98.02 102.78 105.44 101.19 92.26 103.47 99.01 109.44 6 104.39 107.63 114.33 114.13 98.28 102.85 105.79 102.85 92.30 103.47 99.01 110.01 7 104.61 107.91 114.22 111.76 98.26 102.93 107.41 103.35 92.28 106.17 99.01 110.58 8 104.38 107.81 114.25 108.10 98.00 103.05 107.77 103.32 92.20 107.64 99.02 110.76 9 104.66 108.45 114.30 108.13 98.22 103.23 108.31 103.01 92.20 105.41 100.23 111.88
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
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 4 103.36 107.51 114.77 110.12 97.93 102.94 105.22 101.02 92.53 103.20 98.41 106.95 5 103.61 107.64 114.80 113.64 98.15 103.29 105.84 99.21 92.42 103.89 98.41 107.30 6 103.85 107.75 114.85 114.07 98.40 103.39 106.14 100.72 92.45 103.70 98.41 107.55 7 104.06 108.04 114.72 112.00 98.38 103.50 108.20 101.07 92.43 105.95 98.41 108.09 8 103.81 107.88 114.75 108.34 98.06 103.65 108.59 100.83 92.36 107.45 98.43 108.22 9 104.25 108.57 114.80 108.17 98.27 103.91 109.23 100.89 92.36 106.15 100.56 109.54
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
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 4 103.81 107.22 113.82 110.24 97.64 102.05 104.53 102.71 92.17 102.65 98.62 108.74 5 104.24 107.49 113.89 113.91 97.89 102.31 105.53 100.92 92.04 103.71 98.62 109.41 6 104.60 107.65 113.95 114.37 98.15 102.39 105.95 102.67 92.08 103.78 98.62 109.99 7 104.77 107.88 113.85 111.78 98.12 102.47 107.48 103.00 92.06 106.49 98.62 110.56 8 104.52 107.84 113.90 107.87 97.90 102.55 107.83 102.89 91.98 107.89 98.63 110.72 9 104.78 108.44 113.96 107.69 98.12 102.73 108.33 102.81 91.97 105.74 99.76 111.90
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SEPTEMBER / 2010 DSEC No.9
6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail price (MOP
)2009 2010
Rate of change (%)Item Unit
September June July August September
Month-to-month Year-on-yearThai rice (packaged) 10.02 11.09 11.05 11.15 11.11 -0.37 10.90
Beef 72.43 71.99 70.72 71.43 71.17 -0.36 -1.74
Beef shin 70.11 70.03 68.04 69.18 69.56 0.56 -0.79
Lean meat 51.66 51.55 51.48 51.95 51.66 -0.55 -
Pork chop 51.62 52.07 51.83 51.83 52.04 0.41 0.82
Chicken 33.81 34.06 34.12 34.00 34.10 0.28 0.84
Golden thread 68.57 59.13 64.54 63.00 64.63 2.58 -5.75 Pomfret 137.04 123.97 133.20 126.63 133.11 5.12 -2.87
Sole 129.18 160.44 135.71 145.45 152.80 5.05 18.29
Grass carp kg 35.99 35.22 35.16 35.95 35.92 -0.10 -0.20 Head of “Tai U” 52.56 50.80 49.82 50.25 51.48 2.45 -2.06 Fresh-water perch 78.11 75.48 77.09 75.87 76.67 1.06 -1.84 Chinese cabbage 13.04 12.78 14.16 12.79 13.77 7.70 5.63
Choy sum 16.42 17.09 19.12 17.48 18.02 3.09 9.74
Chinese lettuce 12.74 11.98 12.91 11.68 13.28 13.70 4.19
Hairy gourd 10.63 10.34 10.62 9.73 10.87 11.71 2.32
Tomato 11.61 11.25 11.35 10.94 11.51 5.23 -0.85
Carrot 10.49 10.02 10.18 9.98 10.39 4.17 -0.95
Banana 7.75 7.70 7.70 7.69 7.70 0.08 -0.61
Orange 4.14 3.92 3.72 3.81 4.10 7.79 -0.95
Apple each 3.91 3.46 3.39 3.48 4.00 14.89 2.26
Hen egg 1.11 1.15 1.14 1.13 1.13 - 1.48
- Absolute value equals zero
7 – CHANGES OF THE QUARTERLY COMPOSITE CPI
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Year/
Quarter
Golbal 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 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
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 2 104.04 107.45 114.28 112.64 98.03 102.70 105.29 102.27 92.32 103.14 99.01 109.40 3 104.55 108.05 114.26 109.33 98.16 103.07 107.83 103.23 92.23 106.41 99.42 111.08 Rate of
change (%)
Quarter-to- 0.49 0.56 -0.02 -2.94 0.13 0.36 2.42 0.94 -0.10 3.16 0.41 1.53
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
September 2009 November January 2010 March May July September
% 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
September 2009 November January 2010 March May July September
% 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
September 2009 November January 2010 March May July September
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change
