CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SEPTEMBER/ 2009

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

SEPTEMBER/ 2009

No.9

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The Composite CPI (125.03) for September 2009 decreased by 1.03% year-on-year, of which the price index of Education dropped substantially by 18.99% on account of the Government’s policy to increase tuition subsidies to non-tertiary education in the new academic year; moreover, falling prices of gasoline and LPG, as well as lower rentals for housing drove the price indices of Transport; and Housing & Fuels down by 4.91% and 3.01%

respectively.

On the contrary, price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco registered a year-on- year growth of 13.58%, due to higher cigarette prices following the substantial increase of excise on tobacco. Concurrently, price indices of Clothing & Footwear; and Food & Non- Alcoholic Beverages went up by 4.83% and 3.73% respectively, attributable to dearer prices of men’s and women’s clothing, fresh fish and seafood.

The CPI-A (126.53) and CPI-B (124.52) for September 2009 decreased by 1.80% and 0.92% year-on-year.

The average Composite CPI for the first nine months of 2009 went up by 1.62% year- on-year. For the 12 months ended September 2009, the Composite CPI rose by 3.03% over the preceding period.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 2009

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index for the current month 125.03 126.53 124.52

Year-on-year rate of change % -1.03 -1.80 -0.92

Annual rate of change ended September 2009 % 3.03 3.09 2.99

Month-to-month rate of change % -0.98 -1.08 -0.91

Index of the 3

quarter 125.77 127.39 125.22

Year-on-year rate of change % -0.15 -0.66 -0.07

Quarter-to-quarter rate of change % 0.05 -0.10 0.02

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The Composite CPI for September 2009 decreased by 0.98% month-to-month, of which the price index of Education registered a notable drop of 9.86%; in addition, Clothing &

Footwear; and Transport fell by 2.30% and 1.55% respectively due to seasonal sale of women’s clothing, falling prices of gasoline, as well as lower airfares after the Summer holidays. On the other hand, price indices of Miscellaneous Goods & Services; and Food &

Non-Alcoholic Beverages increased by 0.53% and 0.38% respectively. Meanwhile, the CPI-A and CPI-B fell by 1.08% and 0.91% month-to-month.

The Composite CPI for the third quarter of 2009 fell by 0.15% over the same quarter of 2008 but increased slightly by 0.05% quarter-to quarter.

The Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 49% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999. The CPI-B relates to about 31% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.

2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL

%

Rates of change

Sept. 2009/ Sept. 2008 Jan. - Sept. 2009/

Jan. - Sept. 2008 Sept. 2009/ Aug. 2009

Contribution to monthly rate of change in

overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Overall Index -1.03 -1.80 -0.92 1.62 1.47 1.65 -0.98 -1.08 -0.91 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 3.73 3.75 3.74 6.32 6.47 6.28 0.38 0.43 0.37 -12.92 -14.69 -14.19 Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 13.58 14.92 14.00 8.45 9.11 8.67 0.09 0.01 0.06 -0.09 -0.01 -0.07 Clothing and Footwear 4.83 4.23 4.92 9.67 9.12 9.74 -2.30 -2.18 -2.19 10.00 5.21 10.98 Housing and Fuels -3.01 -4.01 -3.19 -0.72 -1.46 -0.93 -0.21 -0.45 -0.24 5.27 11.58 6.12 Household Goods and Furnishings 1.42 2.01 1.44 2.68 4.60 3.05 0.12 0.07 0.11 -0.32 -0.08 -0.29

Health 2.48 2.77 2.63 3.62 3.90 3.87 0.18 0.21 0.22 -0.56 -0.52 -0.67 Transport -4.91 -6.39 -6.30 -8.47 -9.59 -10.24 -1.55 -1.40 -1.58 10.02 5.34 10.37 Communication -2.01 -1.78 -2.14 -1.65 -1.31 -1.86 -0^# -0^# -0^# 0.01 0.01 0.01

Recreation and Culture 2.38 2.31 2.06 3.58 4.03 3.44 -0.78 0.19 -0.83 4.39 -0.69 4.92

Education -18.99 -20.06 -17.67 -7.65 -7.43 -7.25 -9.86 -10.48 -9.03 88.52 97.91 88.06 Miscellaneous Goods and Services 2.92 3.02 2.80 4.58 5.17 4.69 0.53 0.86 0.55 -4.32 -4.04 -5.24

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

- Absolute value equals zero

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Month

Overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Weight 100.00 29.05 1.04 4.70 21.81 2.95 3.07 7.05 4.74 5.97 11.12 8.51

2008

9 126.32 139.12 108.37 106.13 145.69 108.23 120.70 116.84 87.00 112.93 110.62 114.29 10 126.76 140.89 108.39 107.84 146.40 108.72 120.73 112.23 86.99 112.72 110.63 114.43 11 126.13 140.00 108.19 110.35 144.89 109.11 120.89 109.32 86.99 113.12 110.63 114.48 12 125.78 139.11 108.20 111.78 144.93 109.25 121.35 104.72 86.99 115.39 110.63 114.56

2009

1 126.53 140.64 108.19 111.27 145.03 109.24 122.02 105.94 85.26 118.93 110.63 115.37 2 124.88 141.31 108.11 110.37 143.66 109.50 122.03 106.14 85.26 114.27 99.42 115.37 3 125.41 143.18 108.06 111.69 143.16 109.38 122.63 106.01 85.25 114.39 99.42 115.67 4 125.40 142.80 108.15 117.19 142.25 109.39 122.85 106.20 85.25 114.01 99.42 116.05 5 125.60 143.23 122.83 120.08 140.95 109.58 123.00 107.05 85.25 113.78 99.42 116.33 6 126.10 144.05 122.69 120.80 140.78 109.60 123.24 109.80 85.25 114.37 99.42 116.64 7 126.02 144.29 122.87 116.51 140.66 109.72 123.27 109.78 85.26 114.84 99.42 117.13 8 126.26 143.76 122.98 113.87 141.60 109.63 123.48 112.85 85.26 116.52 99.43 117.01 9 125.03 144.31 123.09 111.25 141.30 109.77 123.70 111.10 85.26 115.62 89.62 117.63

4 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-A

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Month

Overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Weight 100.00 32.83 1.34 2.93 26.07 1.33 2.76 4.82 5.12 4.41 12.88 5.50 2008

9 128.85 141.10 108.16 105.91 142.39 112.79 122.88 115.43 87.52 113.39 112.77 115.87 10 129.53 143.17 108.15 107.08 142.97 113.80 123.01 110.90 87.51 113.54 112.78 116.10 11 128.60 141.90 108.09 109.25 141.20 114.55 123.37 107.94 87.51 113.66 112.78 116.17 12 128.05 140.65 108.09 110.75 141.26 114.87 123.84 102.59 87.51 114.61 112.78 116.27 2009

1 128.81 142.47 108.08 110.32 141.49 114.88 124.59 103.84 85.97 116.08 112.78 117.09 2 126.88 142.98 107.99 109.53 139.83 115.32 124.58 103.70 85.96 114.66 100.69 116.82 3 127.55 145.31 107.94 110.93 139.21 114.56 125.20 103.60 85.96 114.82 100.69 117.04 4 127.25 144.69 108.06 116.09 138.24 114.65 125.40 103.51 85.96 114.54 100.69 117.33 5 127.43 145.21 124.11 118.19 136.98 115.03 125.54 104.36 85.96 114.45 100.69 117.58 6 127.88 146.24 124.00 118.95 136.72 115.21 125.67 106.94 85.96 114.77 100.69 117.74 7 127.74 146.36 124.19 115.05 136.37 115.22 125.69 106.68 85.96 114.83 100.69 118.44 8 127.91 145.78 124.29 112.85 137.30 114.97 126.02 109.59 85.96 115.79 100.70 118.36 9 126.53 146.40 124.30 110.39 136.68 115.06 126.28 108.05 85.96 116.01 90.15 119.38

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5 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-B

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Month

Overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Weight 100.00 30.24 1.01 5.03 20.49 2.68 2.85 6.58 4.92 5.82 11.20 9.18

2008

9 125.68 138.31 108.31 105.97 144.25 109.43 120.37 119.24 86.16 112.53 109.80 115.17 10 126.04 139.94 108.31 107.86 144.94 110.02 120.40 113.56 86.15 112.26 109.81 115.31 11 125.46 139.24 108.15 110.44 143.47 110.49 120.60 109.96 86.15 112.64 109.81 115.34 12 125.14 138.54 108.15 111.96 143.51 110.64 121.05 104.65 86.15 114.86 109.81 115.43

2009

1 125.84 139.94 108.14 111.40 143.61 110.61 121.79 105.65 84.32 118.53 109.81 116.24 2 124.36 140.74 108.06 110.47 142.28 110.93 121.79 106.31 84.31 113.73 99.36 116.11 3 124.84 142.39 108.01 111.62 141.76 110.62 122.36 106.19 84.31 113.80 99.36 116.41 4 124.86 142.16 108.11 117.00 140.83 110.64 122.63 106.25 84.31 113.29 99.36 116.77 5 125.10 142.58 123.24 119.72 139.49 110.84 122.83 107.32 84.31 113.05 99.36 117.07 6 125.60 143.28 123.11 120.46 139.30 110.88 123.12 110.49 84.30 113.70 99.36 117.44 7 125.47 143.53 123.28 116.20 139.15 110.99 123.16 110.08 84.32 114.09 99.36 117.88 8 125.66 142.95 123.40 113.67 140.00 110.89 123.27 113.52 84.32 115.81 99.36 117.74 9 124.52 143.49 123.47 111.18 139.65 111.01 123.53 111.73 84.32 114.84 90.39 118.39

6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail prices (MOP

2008 2009

Items Unit

September June July August September

Aug. 2009

Sept. 2009/

Sept. 2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rice Rice – Thailand

(packaged, regular) kg 11.15 10.02 10.02 10.02 10.02 - -10.11 Fresh beef Beef kg 72.01 71.75 73.86 72.20 72.43 0.32 0.58

Shin beef kg 68.73 69.79 71.82 69.36 70.11 1.09 2.02 Fresh pork Lean meat kg 55.84 52.77 52.89 52.30 51.66 -1.22 -7.48

Pork chop kg 53.72 53.25 53.27 54.07 51.62 -4.54 -3.91 Live poultry Chicken kg 33.53 33.77 33.81 33.88 33.81 -0.21 0.85 Fresh salt-water Golden thread kg 45.98 71.07 67.13 68.60 68.57 -0.03 49.15 fish Pomfret kg 81.89 119.49 113.72 105.48 137.04 29.91 67.34 Sole kg 78.57 141.68 134.88 144.13 129.18 -10.37 64.42 Fresh fresh- Grass carp kg 35.86 35.94 36.11 36.99 35.99 -2.69 0.37 water fish Head of “Tai U” kg 49.70 49.89 50.93 50.27 52.56 4.56 5.75

Fresh-water perch kg 74.89 78.39 90.72 81.65 78.11 -4.33 4.31

Egg Hen egg each 1.00 1.11 1.11 1.10 1.11 1.10 10.82

Fruit Orange each 3.55 4.82 4.55 3.80 4.14 9.06 16.71

Banana kg 7.57 7.80 7.74 7.95 7.75 -2.57 2.30

Apple each 4.23 3.44 3.48 3.41 3.91 14.75 -7.52

Vegetable Chinese cabbage kg 11.96 13.01 11.98 12.91 13.04 0.98 8.99

Choy sum kg 15.42 15.96 16.00 17.45 16.42 -5.89 6.51

Chinese lettuce kg 12.76 10.87 11.55 12.16 12.74 4.82 -0.16 Hairy gourd kg 10.09 11.03 10.09 9.82 10.63 8.20 5.36

Tomato kg 9.44 11.72 11.17 11.71 11.61 -0.87 23.03

CHART 1 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

September 2008 November January 2009 March May July September

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

CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A

-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

September 2008 November January 2009 March May July September

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

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B

-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

September 2008 November January 2009 March May July September

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

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7 – QUARTERLY COMPOSITE CPI AND ITS RATES OF CHANGE

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Quarter

Overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Weight 100.00 29.05 1.04 4.70 21.81 2.95 3.07 7.05 4.74 5.97 11.12 8.51

2008

3 125.96 139.50 108.17 107.75 144.29 107.76 120.45 119.38 87.01 112.79 108.54 112.47 4 126.23 140.00 108.26 109.99 145.41 109.03 120.99 108.76 86.99 113.74 110.63 114.49

2009

1 125.61 141.71 108.12 111.11 143.95 109.37 122.23 106.03 85.26 115.86 103.16 115.47 2 125.70 143.36 117.89 119.36 141.33 109.52 123.03 107.68 85.25 114.05 99.42 116.34 3 125.77 144.12 122.98 113.88 141.19 109.71 123.48 111.24 85.26 115.66 96.16 117.26 Rate of

change (%) Quarter-to-

quarter 0.05 0.53 4.32 -4.59 -0.10 0.17 0.37 3.31 0.01 1.41 -3.29 0.79 Year-on-

year -0.15 3.31 13.69 5.69 -2.15 1.80 2.51 -6.81 -2.01 2.54 -11.41 4.26

The following statistical tables are available for download from our website

1G - Time series of the Composite CPI 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 rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 2A - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-A at section level

2B - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-B at section level

3G - Year-on-year rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 3A - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-A at section level

3B - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-B at section level

4G - Annual rate of change of the average Composite CPI at section level 4A - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-A at section level

4B - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-B at section level 5G - Movements of the Composite CPI at section level

5A - Movements of CPI-A at section level 5B - Movements of CPI-B at section level

6G - The Composite CPI and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels 6A - CPI-A and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

6B - CPI-B and its rates of change at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels 7 - Average retail prices of selected food items

8G - Quarter-to-quarter rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level

8A - Quarter-to-quarter rate of change of CPI-A at section level