CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL 2013

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL 2013

- The Composite CPI (122.17) increased by 5.24% year-on-year, attributable to rising charges for eating out and dearer prices of vegetable amidst continuous rainfall.

- The Composite CPI increased by 0.88% month-to-month. Dearer prices of new Summer clothing and vegetable drove up the price index of Clothing &

Footwear; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages by 2.17% and 1.41% respectively. On the contrary, price index of Miscellaneous Goods & Services decreased by 0.55% due to lower prices of gold jewellery. Moreover, decreasing prices of fresh pork and gasoline tapered off part of the increase in the Composite CPI.

- For the 12 months ended April 2013, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.75% from the preceding period. The average Composite CPI for the first four months increased by 5.35% year-on-year.

Consumer Price Index 4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Composite

CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index value for Apr. 2013 122.17 122.38 122.60 Year-on-year change (%) 5.24 5.99 5.04

Month-to-month change (%) 0.88 1.07 0.81

Annualized change (%) 5.75 6.25 5.82

Cumulative change (%) 5.35 5.95 5.23

Changes of the Composite CPI %

Sections of Goods and Services Weight Year-

on- year

Month- to- month

Annualized

Index 100.00 5.24 0.88 5.75

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 32.78 7.38 1.41 7.62 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 1.12 6.19 1.03 21.97 Clothing & Footwear 6.75 1.16 2.17 3.31 Housing & Fuels 22.82 8.86 1.26 8.28 Household Goods & Furnishings 3.13 3.99 0.23 6.40

Health 2.90 7.27 0.66 6.28

Transport 7.88 1.33 -0.08 1.22

Communication 3.52 -2.89 -0.07 -2.69

Recreation & Culture 5.93 3.29 -0.52 2.98

Education 5.16 -3.12 0.01 -1.44

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 8.02 2.13 -0.55 3.83

Year-on-Year Change

4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5

Apr. Jun. Aug. Oct. Dec. Feb. Apr.

% Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Annualized Change

5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0

Apr. Jun. Aug. Oct. Dec. Feb. Apr.

% Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

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