CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
JANUARY / 2003
No. 1
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
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The 1999/2000 – based CPI has become available since January 2001, the consumption pattern is derived from the Household Budget Survey 98/99. In this CPI series, housing rent includes both private and welfare housing. Furthermore, CPI (A) relates to 54% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of 3,000 to 9,999 Patacas; CPI (B) accounts for 26% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of 10,000 to 19,999 Patacas.
TABLE 1：CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - JANUARY 2003
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100 Unit Composite
CPI CPI (A) CPI (B)
Index of January 2003 94.45 95.04 94.17
Annual rate of change ended January 2003 % -2.46 -2.21 -2.60
Rate of change over previous month % 0.09 -0.26 0.18
Year-on-year comparison % -1.24 -1.67 -1.25
CHART 1 – MONTHLY RATE OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION %
G l o b a l i n d e x + 0 . 0 9 %
The Composite Consumer Price Index of January 2003 was 94.45, equivalent to an increase of 0.09% compared with previous month. Owing to rising prices in outbound packaged tours, hairdressing, air tickets and fresh flowers before the Lunar New Year, the indexes of OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS and EDUCATION AND LEISURE rose by 4.71%, 0.72% and 0.35%
respectively. On the other hand, the pre-Lunar New Year Sale on clothing, falling price in fresh pork and a waiver of welfare housing rentals by the Housing Institute for the first quarter of 2003 led to decreases in the indexes of CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR (-4.15%), FOODSTUFF AND BEVERAGES (-0.21%) and RENT AND HOUSING EXPENSES (-0.16%).
The Composite CPI fell by 1.24% in January 2003 over the same month of 2002. The annual rate of change of the Composite CPI ended January 2003 decreased by 2.46%, yet the decline has been narrowed since October 2002.
The rate of change of CPI(A) and CPI(B) are -0.26% and +0.18% respectively compared with December 2002.
Other goods and services 4.71 Transport and
communications 0.72 Education and leisure 0.35 Tabacco and alcoholic
beverages 0.02
Clothing and footwear -4.15 Foodstuff and beverages -0.21 Rent and housing
expenses -0.16
Household goods -0.16
Health -0.01
TABLE 2：TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.35 5.26 29.93 1.23 3.22 2.42 9.81 10.89 5.89
2002
January 95.63 96.68 84.74 95.02 104.89 92.43 101.34 95.81 98.39 94.97
February 95.97 97.59 83.72 94.24 104.97 92.27 101.33 96.94 98.95 97.86
March 95.22 96.71 83.96 94.18 105.05 91.96 100.84 95.33 98.48 93.91
April 95.04 96.05 84.30 94.05 105.15 91.80 100.84 95.74 98.45 94.11
May 94.81 95.08 85.01 94.12 105.12 91.50 101.23 95.76 98.29 94.54
June 94.90 95.75 84.76 93.81 105.18 90.34 101.55 95.49 98.09 95.69
July 94.92 95.85 81.43 94.17 105.28 89.98 101.74 95.88 98.03 96.19
August 94.90 96.63 78.55 94.02 105.17 90.01 101.64 95.01 97.98 96.64
September 94.54 96.35 76.56 93.89 105.20 89.97 101.45 94.80 97.97 94.85
October 94.70 96.61 77.62 93.96 105.29 89.84 101.24 94.77 97.97 95.10
November 94.32 95.71 79.11 93.63 105.29 88.43 101.35 94.62 97.97 94.79
December 94.36 95.55 78.94 93.48 105.26 88.54 101.28 95.17 97.93 96.43
2003
January 94.45 95.34 75.66 93.32 105.28 88.40 101.27 95.86 98.28 100.97
TABLE 3：PRINCIPAL RATES OF CHANGE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AT SECTION LEVEL OF GOODS AND SERVICES
% Rates of change
Jan. – Jan. 2003/
Jan. – Jan. 2002 Jan. 2003/Jan. 2002 Jan. 2003/Dec. 2002
Contribution to rate of change in global index Goods and services
Composite
CPI CPI (A) CPI (B) CompositeCPI CPI (A) CPI (B) CompositeCPI CPI (A) CPI (B) CompositeCPI CPI (A) CPI (B)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Global index -1.24 -1.67 -1.25 -1.24 -1.67 -1.25 0.09 -0.26 0.18 100.00 100.00 100.00 Foodstuff and beverages -1.38 -1.61 -1.33 -1.38 -1.61 -1.33 -0.21 -0.38 -0.16 -72.98 50.88 -27.38 Clothing and footwear -10.72 -9.87 -11.03 -10.72 -9.87 -11.03 -4.15 -3.82 -4.62 -199.10 40.41 -133.61 Rent and housing expenses -1.78 -2.79 -1.38 -1.78 -2.79 -1.38 -0.16 -0.69 0.20 -52.38 85.83 29.77 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages 0.37 0.33 0.36 0.37 0.33 0.36 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.30 -0.12 0.15 Household goods -4.37 -4.10 -4.46 -4.37 -4.10 -4.46 -0.16 -0.27 -0.18 -5.33 1.44 -3.35
Health -0.07 0.39 -0.24 -0.07 0.39 -0.24 -0.01 -0.01 o -0.16 0.07 -0.04
Transport and communications 0.05 -0.65 -0.47 0.05 -0.65 -0.47 0.72 0.47 0.60 77.99 -14.02 33.43 Education and leisure -0.11 0.07 -0.22 -0.11 0.07 -0.22 0.35 0.22 0.44 43.43 -10.73 28.77 Other goods and services 6.32 5.25 5.98 6.32 5.25 5.98 4.71 4.06 4.71 308.24 -53.75 172.26 o : Less than half of the unit employed
TABLE 4：TIME SERIES OF CPI (A)
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 35.05 3.34 32.88 1.48 1.47 2.33 7.91 12.16 3.38
2002
January 96.65 96.20 84.06 96.18 105.13 93.52 102.01 95.47 101.81 96.41
February 96.83 97.25 83.01 95.24 105.23 93.24 102.01 96.05 102.20 98.50
March 96.21 96.20 83.18 95.16 105.27 92.83 101.67 94.99 101.81 95.79
April 95.87 95.49 83.62 94.76 105.37 92.62 101.76 95.32 101.78 96.06
May 95.52 94.42 84.03 94.77 105.34 92.44 102.24 95.24 101.69 96.38
June 95.72 95.20 84.02 94.56 105.39 91.43 102.62 95.18 101.53 97.20
July 95.83 95.38 80.98 94.95 105.48 90.93 102.87 95.47 101.49 97.30
August 95.96 96.41 78.39 94.75 105.37 90.96 102.76 94.51 101.44 97.45
September 95.71 96.06 76.65 94.61 105.39 90.87 102.58 94.41 101.69 96.44
October 95.88 96.40 77.44 94.69 105.46 90.70 102.37 94.39 101.70 96.48
November 95.36 95.17 79.05 94.32 105.46 89.76 102.46 94.31 101.70 96.25
December 95.28 95.01 78.78 94.15 105.46 89.93 102.42 94.41 101.66 97.52
2003
January 95.04 94.65 75.77 93.50 105.48 89.68 102.41 94.85 101.88 101.47
TABLE 5：TIME SERIES OF CPI (B)
Oct./1999 - Sept./2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuff and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.50 6.22 27.13 1.26 3.51 2.16 10.13 11.54 6.55
2002
January 95.36 96.76 85.21 95.23 104.96 92.74 101.98 95.08 96.67 94.38
February 95.69 97.63 84.16 94.48 105.03 92.56 101.97 95.69 97.42 97.17
March 94.96 96.80 84.30 94.41 105.12 92.36 101.30 94.50 96.75 93.35
April 94.76 96.10 84.62 94.23 105.22 92.15 101.36 95.05 96.73 93.41
May 94.53 95.20 85.07 94.31 105.19 91.84 101.78 94.93 96.53 93.98
June 94.62 95.81 84.84 94.01 105.24 90.62 102.10 94.74 96.37 95.05
July 94.64 95.89 82.30 94.40 105.34 90.27 102.20 94.99 96.30 95.67
August 94.57 96.55 79.81 94.26 105.24 90.30 102.09 93.86 96.23 96.28
September 94.16 96.31 77.40 94.13 105.27 90.25 102.02 93.98 96.05 94.16
October 94.31 96.53 78.25 94.21 105.35 90.03 101.76 94.00 96.05 94.41
November 94.00 95.80 79.66 93.88 105.36 88.66 101.81 93.92 96.04 94.06
December 94.00 95.62 79.48 93.73 105.32 88.77 101.74 94.06 96.03 95.53
2003
January 94.17 95.47 75.81 93.92 105.34 88.60 101.74 94.63 96.45 100.03
TABLE 6：AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SOME FOOD ITEMS
MOP Average retail prices
2002 2003
Items Unit
January August September October November December January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Packaged rice from Thailand kg 5.30 5.40 5.31 5.30 5.30 5.30 5.30
Salt-water fish, fresh
Golden thread kg 27.92 28.91 27.92 29.19 31.79 32.87 30.98
Promfret kg 71.74 53.78 62.20 59.72 66.92 66.38 68.76
Sole kg 96.69 89.05 89.39 86.42 96.26 107.80 93.09
Fresh-water fish, fresh
Grass carp kg 19.48 19.22 19.22 19.22 19.19 19.02 19.01
Snake head kg 20.74 22.20 22.16 22.22 21.91 21.91 21.20
Head of big head fish kg 34.08 34.38 34.47 34.47 34.47 33.77 34.92
Fresh pork
Lean cut kg 37.54 37.31 37.31 37.31 37.31 37.31 33.77
Pork chop kg 37.78 36.84 36.84 36.84 36.84 36.84 33.29
Fresh beef
Shin beef kg 37.78 38.25 38.61 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72
Beef kg 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20
Live poultry
Chicken kg 26.33 25.27 25.27 25.27 25.27 25.27 25.32
Duck kg 19.67 19.50 19.59 19.50 19.50 19.26 19.17
Fresh vegetable
White cabbage kg 5.63 8.04 7.30 8.10 5.41 5.45 5.12
Flowering cabbage kg 7.61 10.09 8.46 9.02 6.18 6.82 6.76
Chinese lettuce kg 5.44 8.22 7.58 8.43 5.61 5.48 5.25
Broccoli kg 22.78 23.69 24.36 21.40 22.45 24.66 21.67
Tomato kg 6.74 6.34 6.58 6.86 6.86 6.24 6.26
Potato kg 6.30 6.19 6.25 6.38 6.51 6.36 6.41
Onion kg 7.58 6.93 6.73 6.74 6.85 6.59 7.07
Fresh fruit
Orange each 2.48 2.47 2.54 2.45 2.46 2.36 2.35
Apple each 2.41 2.55 2.64 2.60 2.68 2.61 2.68
Banana kg 7.12 6.98 6.97 6.65 6.64 6.72 6.84
Egg
Hen egg each 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71
CHART 2 – MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CHART 3 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI (A)
CHART 4 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI (B) -4.00
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
January 2002 March May July September November January 2003
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
January 2002 March May July September November January 2003
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
January 2002 March May July September November January 2003
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION
1G - Time series of the Composite Consumer Price Index 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 rates of change in the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level 2A - Month-to-month rates of change in CPI(A) at section level
2B - Month-to-month rates of change in CPI(B) at section level
3G - Average rates of change in the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level during the last 12 months
3A - Average rates of change in CPI(A) at section level during the last 12 months 3B - Average rates of change in CPI(B) at section level during the last 12 months
4G - Index and principal rates of change of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4A - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(A) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4B - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(B) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
5 - Average retail prices of some food items
7G - Movements of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level 7A - Movements of CPI(A) at section level
7B - Movements of CPI(B) at section level
