CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
APRIL/ 2010
No.4
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Composite CPI (103.68) for April 2010 increased by 2.56% year-on-year, attributable to the price increases of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Transport. Price indices of Transport;
Miscellaneous Goods & Services; Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Clothing & Footwear rose by 9.11%, 5.26%, 5.04% and 4.83% respectively, on account of dearer prices of gasoline, seafood and vegetables, rising gold prices, higher charges for meals bought away from home and new arrival of Spring clothing.
On the contrary, apart from the 9.81% decrease of the price index of Education, reduced charges for mobile phone services drove the price index of Communication down by 3.39%. Moreover, in spite of lower rentals for housing, the decrease was partially tapered off by the rising prices of LPG, bringing the price index of Housing & Fuels down slightly by 0.24%.
The CPI-A (103.36) and CPI-B (103.81) for April 2010 increased by 2.05% and 2.73% year- on-year respectively.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index value for April 2010 103.68 103.36 103.81
Year-on-year change % 2.56 2.05 2.73
Annualized change % 0.75 0.15 0.88
Month-to-month change % 0.65 0.55 0.74
The Composite CPI for April 2010 increased by 0.65% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; Transport and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose by 4.26%, 0.83% and 0.62% respectively, attributable to new arrival of Spring clothing, dearer prices of gasoline and seafood, as well as higher charges for meals bought away from home. However, price index of Communication fell slightly by 0.03% on account of lower prices of mobile phones.
The average Composite CPI for the first four months of 2010 increased by 1.78% year-on-year.
For the 12 months ended April 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 0.75% over 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 APRIL / 2010 DSEC No.4
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 2.56 2.05 2.73 0.65 0.55 0.74 0.75 0.15 0.88 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 5.04 5.32 4.93 0.62 0.61 0.64 4.07 4.18 4.06 32.55 42.40 29.14 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 14.31 15.55 14.67 0.05 0.03 0.06 13.95 15.30 14.37 0.09 0.09 0.10 Clothing & Footwear 4.83 4.72 5.12 4.26 4.01 4.51 7.72 7.64 7.66 45.41 36.28 47.84 Housing & Fuels -0.24 -0.54 -0.50 0.12 0.12 0.13 -1.79 -2.44 -1.98 4.16 5.72 3.48 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.24 1.32 1.03 0.32 0.37 0.26 1.37 1.87 1.35 1.51 1.46 1.28 Health 2.90 2.80 3.22 0.33 0.29 0.39 2.88 3.01 3.07 1.48 1.46 1.56 Transport 9.11 8.45 10.15 0.83 0.89 1.06 -0.46 -1.80 -1.14 9.95 9.18 11.39 Communication -3.39 -3.25 -3.49 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -2.45 -2.26 -2.58 -0.14 -0.16 -0.12 Recreation & Culture 3.21 3.49 3.07 0.34 0.27 0.40 2.70 3.44 2.41 3.05 2.34 3.49
Education -9.81 -10.41 -8.97 - - - -12.99 -13.51 -12.09 - - -
Miscellaneous Goods & Services 5.26 4.54 5.31 0.15 0.11 0.15 4.80 4.58 4.77 1.95 1.24 1.83 - Absolute value equals zero
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
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
4 101.10 102.11 99.93 105.08 98.02 101.23 101.69 94.18 95.64 99.30 109.78 103.32 5 101.26 102.41 113.49 107.67 97.12 101.41 101.82 94.93 95.64 99.10 109.78 103.58 6 101.66 103.00 113.37 108.32 97.00 101.42 102.02 97.37 95.63 99.61 109.78 103.85 7 101.60 103.18 113.54 104.47 96.92 101.54 102.04 97.36 95.64 100.02 109.78 104.28 8 101.79 102.80 113.63 102.10 97.57 101.46 102.21 100.08 95.64 101.49 109.78 104.18 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
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 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
4 101.28 102.08 99.32 105.16 98.46 101.59 102.35 93.15 95.64 99.71 109.85 102.30 5 101.42 102.44 114.07 107.06 97.56 101.93 102.46 93.91 95.64 99.64 109.85 102.51 6 101.78 103.17 113.96 107.75 97.38 102.09 102.57 96.23 95.63 99.91 109.85 102.66 7 101.67 103.26 114.14 104.22 97.13 102.09 102.58 96.00 95.64 99.97 109.85 103.26 8 101.81 102.85 114.24 102.22 97.79 101.88 102.86 98.62 95.64 100.80 109.86 103.20 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 - 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
4 101.05 102.18 99.25 104.87 98.13 101.01 101.26 93.24 95.50 99.59 108.34 103.25 5 101.24 102.48 113.14 107.31 97.19 101.19 101.44 94.18 95.50 99.39 108.34 103.52 6 101.64 102.98 113.02 107.97 97.06 101.22 101.67 96.97 95.49 99.95 108.34 103.84 7 101.55 103.17 113.18 104.15 96.96 101.33 101.71 96.61 95.51 100.30 108.34 104.23 8 101.69 102.75 113.29 101.89 97.54 101.23 101.79 99.63 95.51 101.81 108.34 104.11 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
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL / 2010 DSEC No.4
6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail price (MOP
)2009 2010
Rate of change (%)Item Unit
April January February March April
Month-to- monthYear-on- year
Thai rice (packaged) 9.91 10.69 11.06 11.15 11.14 -0.06 12.41
Beef 72.63 71.21 72.93 71.77 72.60 1.15 -0.04
Beef shin 69.87 68.90 70.30 69.49 69.57 0.11 -0.44
Lean meat 52.42 52.01 52.36 52.36 51.95 -0.79 -0.90
Pork chop 53.27 51.59 52.10 52.01 51.83 -0.34 -2.70
Chicken 33.81 34.16 34.00 34.12 33.83 -0.86 0.03
Golden thread 66.12 67.44 66.45 63.47 59.90 -5.63 -9.40 Pomfret 119.36 132.23 132.23 159.93 148.56 -7.11 24.47
Sole 125.62 137.04 140.50 144.30 174.95 21.24 39.27
Grass carp kg 35.94 35.79 37.39 36.71 35.82 -2.42 -0.34 Head of “Tai U” 52.13 53.04 54.55 53.44 51.10 -4.37 -1.97 Fresh-water perch 75.34 74.52 78.36 75.73 74.46 -1.68 -1.17
Chinese cabbage 10.91 13.79 14.62 13.26 12.71 -4.16 16.45
Choy sum 12.87 17.95 21.12 17.91 18.10 1.05 40.69
Chinese lettuce 9.38 9.11 11.50 9.98 9.17 -8.07 -2.19
Hairy gourd 10.62 10.48 11.56 12.05 12.45 3.33 17.23
Tomato 9.99 11.09 10.65 10.31 10.52 2.02 5.29
Carrot 9.84 9.72 10.93 10.24 9.90 -3.32 0.64
Banana 7.75 7.74 7.79 7.79 7.70 -1.09 -0.62
Orange 4.23 4.31 4.36 4.55 4.19 -7.91 -0.97
Apple each 3.48 3.60 4.36 3.98 3.53 -11.32 1.52
Hen egg 1.10 1.15 1.12 1.10 1.10 - -
- Absolute value equals zero
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
April 2009 June August October December February 2010 April
% 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
April 2009 June August October December February 2010 April
% 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
April 2009 June August October December February 2010 April
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change