CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
AUGUST / 2006
No. 8
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Starting from January 2006, the CPI has been rebased to July 2004 to June 2005. The Composite CPI reflects the impacts of price changes for the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 49% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of MOP 3,000 to MOP 9,999; the CPI-B relates to about 31% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of MOP 10,000 to MOP 19,999.
The Composite CPI for August 2006 was 108.75, up slightly by 0.07% over July. The increment was caused by the increase in the price indices of Housing & fuels; and Food & non-alcoholic beverages. However, the impacts were offset by the decrease in the index of Clothing & footwear.
Compared with July 2006, the indices of Housing & fuels; and Food & non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.40% and 0.18% respectively. The increases were led by higher rentals for housing, dearer charges for the services for the maintenance and repair of dwelling, rising prices of vegetables, fruit and meals bought away from home.
On the other hand, seasonal sale of women’s clothing pushed the price index of Clothing & footwear down by 2.07%.
The Composite CPI for August 2006 registered a year-on-year increase of 4.67%. Average Composite CPI for January to August went up by 5.56% compared with the same period of 2005. For the 12 months ended August 2006, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.54% over the previous period.
In addition, the CPI-A and CPI-B for August 2006 were 109.81 and 108.42, up by 0.13% and 0.05% respectively compared with July.
TABLE 1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR AUGUST 2006
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100 Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index of the current month 108.75 109.81 108.42
Annual rate of change ended August 2006 % 5.54 6.11 5.24
Month-to-month rate of change % 0.07 0.13 0.05
Year-on-year rate of change % 4.67 5.45 4.42
CHART 1 - MONTHLY RATE OF CHANGE OF THE COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION
Overall index +0.07%
Housing and fuels 0.40 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 0.18 Health 0.12 Recreation and culture 0.11
Transport 0.05
Tobacco and alcoholic beberages 0.01
Clothing and footwear -2.07 Household goods and furnishings -0.14 Miscellaneous goods and services -0.06 Communication -0.03
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TABLE 2 - TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI
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
2005
8 103.89 103.68 100.14 102.04 111.33 101.10 99.98 103.55 98.69 103.89 98.54 98.73 9 104.88 104.30 100.03 100.67 112.07 101.03 100.10 102.88 98.68 102.52 107.61 99.08 10 105.30 104.25 104.31 100.83 113.23 101.08 100.21 103.21 98.68 102.41 107.61 99.57 11 105.31 103.69 104.31 101.91 114.01 101.15 100.09 102.10 98.68 101.88 107.61 99.76 12 105.76 104.14 104.34 102.47 114.54 101.25 101.01 103.10 98.67 102.01 107.61 100.40
2006
1 106.37 105.01 104.64 99.82 115.42 101.23 101.15 103.96 98.81 103.75 107.61 101.79 2 106.76 105.72 104.64 97.82 117.74 102.10 101.30 103.28 98.76 101.66 107.61 100.77 3 106.63 105.50 104.75 96.87 118.53 102.18 101.47 103.60 94.45 101.01 107.61 100.94 4 107.55 106.44 104.72 98.71 120.18 102.20 101.51 105.45 94.10 102.49 107.62 100.93 5 108.16 106.92 104.74 100.58 121.04 102.25 101.73 105.96 97.66 101.35 107.62 101.47 6 108.62 108.68 104.74 100.89 120.89 102.33 101.90 107.01 94.62 101.88 107.62 101.47 7 108.67 107.97 104.80 96.43 122.24 102.43 101.96 107.99 94.33 103.28 107.62 101.78 8 108.75 108.17 104.81 94.44 122.73 102.29 102.07 108.04 94.30 103.40 107.62 101.72
TABLE 3 – CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL
%
Rates of change
Jan.-Aug. 2006/
Jan.-Aug. 2005 Aug. 2006/ Aug. 2005 Aug. 2006/ Jul. 2006
Rate of change to the 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 5.56 6.23 5.28 4.67 5.45 4.42 0.07 0.13 0.05 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 3.72 3.80 3.77 4.33 4.57 4.28 0.18 0.28 0.13 76.85 70.12 72.73 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 4.58 4.71 4.63 4.67 4.77 4.71 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.18 0.08 0.22 Clothing anf footwear -4.78 -5.19 -4.58 -7.45 -7.19 -7.38 -2.07 -1.62 -1.88 -123.97 -32.71 -156.47 Housing and fuels 12.92 12.35 12.89 10.25 9.80 10.19 0.40 0.28 0.40 142.94 62.83 171.00 Household goods and furnishings 1.27 1.32 1.29 1.17 1.25 1.27 -0.14 -0.18 -0.13 -5.49 -1.79 -6.33
Health 1.72 2.00 1.90 2.09 2.43 2.28 0.12 0.13 0.14 4.78 2.58 6.79 Transport 3.82 3.63 4.71 4.33 4.21 4.92 0.05 0.01 0.05 4.64 0.52 6.13 Communication -2.85 -3.09 -2.73 -4.45 -4.77 -4.20 -0.03 -0.03 -0.04 -2.06 -0.89 -3.18 Recreation and culture 0.68 1.44 0.49 -0.47 -0.31 -0.97 0.11 o 0.17 8.87 0.15 18.03
Education 9.28 10.59 7.94 9.21 10.57 7.86 - - - -
Miscellaneous goods and services 2.37 1.71 2.37 3.03 2.46 3.12 -0.06 -0.02 -0.06 -6.74 -0.88 -8.90 - Absolute value equals zero
o
Result is less than half of the unit employedTABLE 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
2005
8 104.13 103.67 100.29 101.50 110.96 101.22 99.89 103.06 98.76 103.68 97.79 99.51 9 105.64 104.42 100.16 100.16 111.61 101.15 100.04 102.97 98.75 103.16 108.12 99.83 10 106.07 104.34 104.57 100.24 112.80 101.18 100.17 103.06 98.75 103.07 108.12 100.05 11 105.98 103.62 104.57 101.16 113.40 101.34 100.14 102.16 98.75 102.68 108.12 100.11 12 106.40 104.07 104.61 101.87 114.00 101.51 101.10 102.70 98.75 102.68 108.12 100.37
2006
1 106.96 104.81 104.93 99.17 114.75 101.55 101.30 103.52 98.93 103.79 108.12 102.00 2 107.69 105.60 104.93 97.25 117.19 101.95 101.42 102.86 98.90 103.00 108.12 100.97 3 107.52 105.31 105.05 96.16 117.93 102.11 101.63 103.34 94.00 102.68 108.12 101.05 4 108.44 106.28 105.01 98.51 119.59 102.16 101.65 105.05 93.79 103.22 108.13 101.09 5 109.10 106.77 105.04 100.05 120.39 102.34 101.90 105.59 97.68 102.83 108.13 101.48 6 109.66 109.12 105.04 100.05 120.05 102.46 102.11 106.49 94.24 102.90 108.13 101.50 7 109.67 108.12 105.06 95.76 121.50 102.67 102.18 107.38 94.07 103.36 108.13 101.98 8 109.81 108.42 105.07 94.20 121.84 102.48 102.31 107.40 94.04 103.36 108.13 101.96
TABLE 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
2005
8 103.83 103.63 100.17 101.62 111.26 101.08 99.95 104.45 98.56 104.34 98.94 98.73 9 104.73 104.21 100.08 100.43 111.99 101.02 100.08 104.66 98.54 102.76 106.71 99.06 10 105.12 104.17 104.40 100.66 113.14 101.10 100.19 104.52 98.54 102.76 106.71 99.59 11 105.13 103.72 104.40 101.72 113.89 101.16 100.13 103.35 98.54 102.19 106.71 99.79 12 105.54 104.16 104.43 102.29 114.42 101.28 101.19 103.75 98.54 102.15 106.71 100.47
2006
1 106.17 105.11 104.74 99.63 115.28 101.30 101.30 104.66 98.51 104.03 106.71 101.91 2 106.52 105.81 104.74 97.48 117.60 102.06 101.45 104.14 98.45 101.95 106.71 100.83 3 106.41 105.63 104.83 96.60 118.39 102.17 101.59 104.65 94.63 101.24 106.71 101.00 4 107.32 106.57 104.80 98.24 120.08 102.20 101.64 106.76 94.28 102.59 106.72 101.00 5 107.91 107.04 104.83 99.98 120.87 102.26 101.83 107.46 97.46 101.46 106.72 101.61 6 108.32 108.50 104.82 100.29 120.73 102.38 102.02 108.55 94.75 101.89 106.72 101.59 7 108.36 107.93 104.88 95.93 122.12 102.50 102.09 109.55 94.46 103.15 106.72 101.87 8 108.42 108.07 104.89 94.12 122.60 102.36 102.23 109.60 94.42 103.33 106.72 101.81
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TABLE 6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
MOP
Average retail prices
2005 2006 Items Unit
August March April May June July August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Rice – Thailand (pre-packaged,
ordinary) kg 5.85 6.01 6.06 6.06 6.09 6.09 6.13
Fresh beef
Beef kg 38.72 40.14 40.28 40.16 40.14 40.16 40.05
Shin beef kg 37.78 40.14 40.40 40.65 40.61 40.65 40.61 Fresh pork
Lean meat kg 34.95 34.76 34.53 34.47 34.47 34.47 34.24 Pork chop kg 35.89 36.13 35.30 35.18 35.18 35.20 35.09 Live poultry
Chicken kg 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.48 26.45 26.45 Fresh salt-water fish
Golden thread kg 31.59 33.81 33.32 31.74 34.65 33.89 33.60 Promfret kg 72.04 82.58 78.63 87.01 80.94 78.62 72.89 Sole kg 79.05 54.99 58.56 57.40 61.37 74.36 82.62 Fresh fresh-water fish
Grass carp kg 21.82 20.23 20.90 20.68 20.53 20.32 20.68 Head of “Tai U” kg 36.48 36.98 36.86 35.89 35.42 35.35 35.95 Fresh-water perch kg 48.36 52.44 47.47 48.36 48.32 47.30 45.42 Egg
Hen egg each 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.72
Fruit
Orange each 2.68 3.10 3.25 3.20 3.25 3.21 3.24
Banana kg 6.60 6.58 6.54 6.64 6.82 6.82 6.82
Apple each 2.33 2.56 2.67 2.57 3.01 3.09 3.26
Vegetable
Chinese cabbage kg 8.49 7.53 8.52 9.03 11.84 10.35 10.18 Choy sum kg 11.24 9.42 9.61 10.55 17.33 13.25 14.16 Chinese lettuce kg 8.73 5.81 6.90 8.36 11.32 10.33 10.66 Hairy gourd kg 6.53 7.35 7.13 6.71 8.00 7.09 7.99
Tomato kg 8.04 7.60 7.30 7.43 8.03 8.13 7.79
Carrot kg 7.84 6.89 6.49 7.46 8.28 8.57 8.70
a. No imports were recorded during the period.
CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A
CHART 4 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B
o Result is less than half of the unit employed
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00
August 2005 October December February 2006 April June August
% Month-to-month rate of change
Year-on-year rate of change
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00
August 2005 October December February 2006 April June August
%
Month-to-month rate of change Year-on-year rate of change
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00
August 2005 October December February 2006 April June August
% Month-to-month rate of change
Year-on-year rate of change
