CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MAY/ 2010

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

MAY/ 2010

No.5

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Composite CPI (104.06) for May 2010 increased by 2.76% year-on-year, attributable to the price increases of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Transport. Price indices of Transport;

Miscellaneous Goods & Services; Clothing & Footwear and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose by 6.60%, 5.66%, 5.55% and 4.94% respectively, on account of dearer prices of unleaded gasoline; motor cars; gold jewellery; men’s and women’s clothing; fresh fish and seafood; and vegetables, as well as higher charges for meals bought away from home.

On the contrary, apart from the 9.81% decrease of the price index of Education, lower charges for mobile phone services drove the price index of Communication down by 3.53%.

The CPI-A (103.61) and CPI-B (104.24) for May 2010 increased by 2.15% and 2.97% year-on- year respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for May 2010 104.06 103.61 104.24

Year-on-year change % 2.76 2.15 2.97

Annualized change % 0.83 0.17 0.97

Month-to-month change % 0.37 0.24 0.42

The Composite CPI for May 2010 increased by 0.37% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; and Recreation & Culture rose by 3.16% and 0.96% respectively, attributable to rising price of men’s and women’s clothing and higher charges for outbound package tours. However, price indices of Transport and Communication fell by 1.52% and 0.14% respectively on account of lower prices of gasoline and mobile phone.

The average Composite CPI for the first five months of 2010 increased by 1.97% year-on-year.

For the 12 months ended May 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 0.83% from 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 MAY / 2010 DSEC No.5

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 2.76 2.15 2.97 0.37 0.24 0.42 0.83 0.17 0.97 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 4.94 5.07 4.89 0.20 0.12 0.25 3.95 4.04 3.94 18.93 18.97 20.12 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.68 0.64 0.66 0.04 0.03 0.06 12.68 13.89 13.06 0.12 0.19 0.16 Clothing & Footwear 5.55 6.15 6.16 3.16 3.20 3.33 7.22 7.23 7.20 61.82 69.05 64.09 Housing & Fuels 0.93 0.60 0.72 0.25 0.23 0.26 -1.72 -2.35 -1.92 14.51 24.47 12.01 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.35 1.34 1.11 0.29 0.35 0.26 1.25 1.58 1.19 2.40 3.16 2.17 Health 3.55 3.30 4.04 0.76 0.59 0.96 2.88 2.98 3.10 6.04 6.86 6.70 Transport 6.60 5.64 7.15 -1.52 -1.79 -1.74 1.07 -0.25 0.64 -32.44 -42.53 -32.91 Communication -3.53 -3.37 -3.63 -0.14 -0.12 -0.14 -2.58 -2.39 -2.70 -1.21 -1.87 -1.01 Recreation & Culture 4.42 4.27 4.35 0.96 0.67 1.03 2.84 3.47 2.55 15.34 13.24 15.55

Education -9.81 -10.41 -8.97 - - - -13.20 -13.80 -12.26 - - -

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 5.66 4.67 5.69 0.63 0.33 0.61 4.86 4.51 4.83 14.48 8.46 13.11 - 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

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

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

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 5 103.61 107.64 114.80 113.64 98.15 103.29 105.84 99.21 92.42 103.89 98.41 107.30

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

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 5 104.24 107.49 113.89 113.91 97.89 102.31 105.53 100.92 92.04 103.71 98.62 109.41

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6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP

2009 2010

Item Unit

May February March April May

Thai rice (packaged) 10.02 11.06 11.15 11.14 11.14 - 11.22

Beef 72.99 72.93 71.77 72.60 72.61 0.01 -0.52

Beef shin 70.08 70.30 69.49 69.57 71.07 2.17 1.42

Lean meat 53.25 52.36 52.36 51.95 52.07 0.23 -2.22 Pork chop 53.96 52.10 52.01 51.83 51.59 -0.46 -4.38

Chicken 33.77 34.00 34.12 33.83 33.77 -0.17 -

Golden thread 65.94 66.45 63.47 59.90 56.57 -5.56 -14.21 Pomfret 135.92 132.23 159.93 148.56 142.38 -4.16 4.75 Sole 136.83 140.50 144.30 174.95 150.60 -13.92 10.06 Grass carp kg 35.84 37.39 36.71 35.82 35.43 -1.07 -1.15 Head of “Tai U” 50.43 54.55 53.44 51.10 51.16 0.12 1.46 Fresh-water perch 77.82 78.36 75.73 74.46 75.08 0.83 -3.53 Chinese cabbage 10.65 14.62 13.26 12.71 12.81 0.81 20.26

Choy sum 13.95 21.12 17.91 18.10 17.24 -4.76 23.62

Chinese lettuce 9.33 11.50 9.98 9.17 9.87 7.63 5.76

Hairy gourd 8.88 11.56 12.05 12.45 11.11 -10.73 25.15

Tomato 10.61 10.65 10.31 10.52 10.07 -4.29 -5.09

Carrot 9.62 10.93 10.24 9.90 9.89 -0.17 2.74

Banana 7.70 7.79 7.79 7.70 7.70 - -

Orange 4.73 4.36 4.55 4.19 3.96 -5.65 -16.30

Apple each 3.41 4.36 3.98 3.53 3.44 -2.61 0.74

Hen egg 1.11 1.12 1.10 1.10 1.12 1.89 0.91

- Absolute value equals zero

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

May 2009 July September November January 2010 March May

%

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

May 2009 July September November January 2010 March May

% 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

May 2009 July September November January 2010 March May

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

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The following statistical tables are available for download from our 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

3B - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-B by Section 4G - Annualized Change of the Composite CPI by Section 4A - Annualized Change of the CPI-A by Section

4B - Annualized Change of the CPI-B by Section

5G - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 5A - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

5B - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

6G - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 6A - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

6B - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

7 - Average Retail Prices of Selected Food Items