CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER / 2012 No.10

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

OCTOBER / 2012

No.10

Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.

Statistics and Census Service

Composite CPI (117.94) for October 2012 increased by 5.19% year-on-year, attributable to rising charges for meals bought away from home.

For the 12 months ended October 2012, the average Composite CPI increased by 6.26% from the preceding period; the average CPI-A and CPI-B also rose by 6.46% and 6.47% respectively.

In comparison with October 2011, price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+33.73%);

Household Goods & Furnishings (+7.68%); and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+7.08%) marked notable increase on account of higher charges for domestic services and meals bought away from home. However, price index of Education and Communication decreased by 3.07% and 0.44%

respectively year-on-year. The CPI-A (117.47) and CPI-B (118.53) increased by 5.53% and 5.39%

respectively year-on-year.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index value for October 2012 117.94 117.47 118.53

Year-on-year change % 5.19 5.53 5.39

Annualized change % 6.26 6.46 6.47

Month-to-month change % 0.10 0.01 0.14

Year-on-year change for the first

ten months of 2012 %

6.18 6.42 6.40 CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

Oct. 2011 Dec. 2011 Feb. 2012 Apr. 2012 Jun.2012 Aug.2012 Oct. 2012

%

Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

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The Composite CPI increased by 0.10% month-to-month, of which new arrival of Winter clothing, higher charges for meals bought away from home and dearer prices of fresh fish and fruits drove up the price index of Clothing & Footwear; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages by 2.87%

and 0.46%. On the contrary, price index of Housing & Fuels; Transport; and Recreation & Culture decreased by 1.00%, 0.70% and 0.45% on account of a raise in Government subsidy on electricity, lower airfare and gasoline prices, as well as reduced charges for package tours. The CPI-A and the CPI-B increased by 0.01% and 0.14% respectively month-on-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first ten months of 2012 increased by 6.18% year-on-year, of which price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+30.85%); and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+8.81%) saw notable increase, while that of Communication decreased by 4.76%. The CPI-A and CPI-B for the first ten months of 2012 rose by 6.42% and 6.40% respectively.

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 year-on- year 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

Global Index 5.19 5.53 5.39 0.10 0.01 0.14 6.26 6.46 6.47 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 7.08 6.99 7.14 0.46 0.45 0.49 9.12 9.23 9.06 47.62 50.23 45.86

Food 4.57 4.53 4.54 0.45 0.43 0.53 9.31 9.41 9.19 11.26 13.74 9.90

Meals bought away from home 8.71 9.00 8.64 0.48 0.48 0.48 9.17 9.31 9.14 35.97 36.03 35.60 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 33.73 34.69 33.02 0.01 0^# 0.01 26.69 27.20 26.45 7.46 9.38 6.67 Clothing & Footwear 3.41 3.77 3.49 2.87 2.90 2.87 3.94 4.08 4.15 4.68 3.49 5.18

Garments 3.22 3.84 3.50 3.45 3.52 3.40 4.16 4.36 4.52 3.32 2.69 3.95

Footwear 3.65 3.29 3.28 1.21 0.97 1.20 3.19 3.31 3.18 1.11 0.68 1.07

Housing & Fuels 5.95 5.02 6.90 -1.00 -1.12 -0.98 5.99 5.10 6.99 24.04 22.82 24.41 Electricity charges -15.81 -15.81 -15.81 -18.36 -18.36 -18.36 -8.67 -8.67 -8.67 -5.65 -6.75 -4.91 Liquefied Petroleum Gas -5.70 -5.70 -5.70 - - - 1.01 1.01 1.01 -1.36 -1.72 -1.12 Household Goods & Furnishings 7.68 6.06 8.20 0.12 0.17 0.12 6.31 5.53 6.50 4.50 2.36 5.29 Health 4.78 5.55 4.68 0.12 0.17 0.09 5.58 5.72 5.93 2.75 2.84 2.61 Transport 1.57 2.75 2.33 -0.70 -0.51 -0.83 3.44 3.95 4.16 2.41 2.87 3.54 Communication -0.44 -0.36 -0.45 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -6.44 -6.66 -6.69 -0.21 -0.20 -0.19 Recreation & Culture 2.27 2.99 2.01 -0.45 -0.26 -0.48 3.07 3.42 2.91 2.54 2.53 2.35

Outbound package tours 4.16 7.63 3.66 -1.57 -0.57 -1.76 5.71 5.82 5.71 0.93 1.18 0.89 Education -3.07 -3.02 -3.53 - - - 1.07 2.15 0.94 -2.78 -2.04 -2.98 Miscellaneous Goods & Services 4.09 4.97 4.15 0.29 0.10 0.28 6.67 6.37 6.60 6.98 5.71 7.27 Jewellery, clocks and watches 1.64 1.98 1.59 1.85 1.43 1.85 11.55 11.25 11.49 0.51 0.13 0.50

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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 2010 104.25 107.41 114.23 110.84 98.21 102.94 106.57 102.97 92.30 104.56 99.42 110.61 2011 110.30 116.16 115.59 118.30 101.58 107.60 113.04 111.97 82.45 109.95 100.93 120.63 2011

10 112.12 119.44 114.94 118.09 103.06 109.02 115.38 113.59 79.29 109.80 102.15 123.70 11 112.56 119.75 114.94 121.92 103.42 109.12 115.71 112.73 79.21 110.31 102.15 124.04 12 113.40 120.44 126.98 125.60 103.88 109.43 115.78 112.70 79.31 111.79 102.15 124.27

2012

1 114.45 121.86 144.62 121.14 103.30 110.48 116.34 115.26 79.35 116.55 102.15 127.87 2 114.41 122.52 145.24 118.23 104.90 112.25 116.96 115.01 79.42 109.92 102.25 126.64 3 115.39 124.76 146.32 115.16 105.95 113.94 117.19 115.96 79.27 110.80 102.25 126.88 4 116.09 125.13 148.13 120.25 106.89 114.08 117.45 115.55 79.22 110.91 102.25 127.06 5 116.85 126.16 151.08 124.33 107.75 114.09 118.15 114.38 79.13 111.24 102.25 126.83 6 117.11 126.07 151.12 126.48 108.73 114.22 118.65 112.31 79.06 112.28 102.27 126.87 7 117.54 126.48 151.63 124.00 109.71 114.26 120.26 113.60 79.05 113.65 102.29 126.89 8 117.82 127.19 152.95 121.10 109.33 115.70 120.52 116.13 79.01 114.50 102.29 126.98 9 117.82 127.30 153.71 118.72 110.30 117.25 120.76 116.18 78.96 112.81 99.01 128.40 10 117.94 127.89 153.72 122.12 109.19 117.39 120.90 115.37 78.94 112.30 99.01 128.76

4 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-A

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

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 2010 103.77 107.54 114.74 110.95 98.32 103.47 107.31 100.85 92.45 105.02 99.13 108.31 2011 109.49 116.33 115.97 118.25 101.51 108.21 114.05 109.38 82.74 110.73 101.74 116.49 2011

10 111.32 119.74 115.15 118.13 102.76 109.77 116.17 110.96 79.36 110.87 103.78 118.52 11 111.71 120.00 115.14 122.03 103.12 109.85 116.59 110.25 79.30 111.30 103.78 118.81 12 112.48 120.65 127.52 125.55 103.57 110.11 116.73 109.89 79.38 112.37 103.78 119.15

2012

1 113.48 122.18 145.72 121.05 102.31 110.97 117.23 112.31 79.41 117.26 103.78 124.61 2 113.66 122.74 146.33 118.24 104.00 112.26 117.91 112.72 79.46 111.26 103.96 122.06 3 114.82 125.09 147.34 115.23 105.03 113.51 118.19 113.83 79.34 112.11 103.96 122.23 4 115.47 125.34 149.30 120.20 105.97 113.66 118.48 113.81 79.29 112.30 103.96 122.35 5 116.32 126.46 152.36 124.35 106.83 113.68 119.35 112.54 79.22 112.46 103.96 122.46 6 116.56 126.26 152.38 126.56 107.79 113.86 119.91 110.24 79.16 113.67 103.99 122.59 7 117.05 126.72 152.97 124.05 108.75 113.88 121.88 111.54 79.16 114.40 104.03 122.68 8 117.34 127.54 154.32 121.32 108.19 115.07 122.21 114.37 79.12 115.43 104.03 122.79 9 117.46 127.53 155.10 119.13 109.14 116.21 122.41 114.60 79.08 114.47 100.65 124.30 10 117.47 128.11 155.10 122.59 107.92 116.41 122.61 114.02 79.07 114.18 100.65 124.41

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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100 Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

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

2010 104.38 107.42 113.85 110.59 98.08 102.50 106.54 102.74 92.08 104.78 99.00 110.56 2011 110.63 116.20 115.44 117.90 101.59 107.01 113.43 112.49 81.95 110.28 100.43 120.41 2011

10 112.47 119.40 115.01 117.75 103.27 108.35 116.12 114.28 78.67 110.17 101.60 123.39 11 112.93 119.77 115.01 121.46 103.59 108.43 116.42 113.28 78.59 110.67 101.60 123.73 12 113.77 120.48 126.83 124.95 104.07 108.69 116.45 113.09 78.70 112.06 101.60 124.02

2012

1 115.03 121.87 144.10 120.57 104.39 109.81 117.09 116.07 78.73 116.64 101.60 127.46 2 114.97 122.56 144.76 117.76 105.95 111.79 117.73 116.32 78.80 110.08 101.70 126.38 3 115.94 124.73 145.87 114.90 107.02 113.65 117.94 117.59 78.65 110.86 101.70 126.61 4 116.72 125.17 147.58 120.28 107.97 113.77 118.20 117.29 78.59 111.07 101.70 126.79 5 117.47 126.14 150.42 124.43 108.82 113.77 118.82 115.92 78.50 111.44 101.70 126.56 6 117.74 126.13 150.46 126.72 109.81 113.85 119.31 113.52 78.43 112.39 101.72 126.60 7 118.11 126.48 150.91 124.08 110.80 113.89 120.87 114.84 78.43 113.83 101.73 126.62 8 118.38 127.10 152.21 121.10 110.50 115.41 121.13 117.70 78.38 114.56 101.73 126.73 9 118.37 127.30 152.96 118.46 111.48 117.10 121.44 117.93 78.34 112.92 98.01 128.15 10 118.53 127.92 152.98 121.86 110.39 117.24 121.55 116.95 78.32 112.38 98.01 128.51

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6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP)

2011 2012 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

October July August September October Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice 11.93 13.01 13.01 13.01 12.99 -0.14 8.89

Beef 93.92 101.53 105.99 110.41 115.04 4.19 22.49

Beef shin 89.26 96.73 102.15 106.18 107.04 0.81 19.93

Lean meat 63.16 62.04 61.87 61.87 62.10 0.38 -1.68

Pork chop 63.40 61.69 61.39 61.16 61.87 1.16 -2.42

Chicken 38.25 38.02 38.02 38.02 40.09 5.47 4.81

Golden thread 80.28 82.38 81.46 79.66 83.96 5.40 4.57

Pomfret 150.08 176.31 178.07 189.26 181.82 -3.93 21.15

Sole 192.56 191.23 191.74 199.01 188.30 -5.38 -2.21

Grass carp kg 44.21 46.55 45.86 45.36 45.52 0.35 2.95

Head of “Tai U” 68.21 73.39 73.83 73.17 77.34 5.71 13.39

Fresh-water perch 86.09 105.53 105.07 104.29 103.23 -1.02 19.91

Chinese cabbage 14.30 16.03 18.04 16.35 15.44 -5.55 7.99

Choy sum 18.29 20.00 22.20 19.42 18.78 -3.30 2.71

Chinese lettuce 13.71 15.79 17.17 15.29 13.59 -11.08 -0.87

Hairy gourd 13.44 14.03 14.97 15.07 13.78 -8.56 2.54

Tomato 12.13 16.65 16.39 15.55 15.71 0.99 29.53

Carrot 11.52 12.31 12.31 12.91 13.25 2.62 14.95

Banana 8.80 8.94 8.94 8.95 8.94 -0.06 1.61

Orange 4.22 3.97 3.99 4.05 4.12 1.56 -2.50

Apple each 4.12 4.06 4.14 4.76 4.91 3.19 19.34

Hen egg 1.19 1.19 1.20 1.20 1.21 0.72 1.93

MOP : Macao Pataca

- Absolute value equals zero

splayed may not correspond to the results calculated.

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The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC 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

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