CONSUMER PRICE INDEX JULY/ 2010

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

JULY/ 2010

No.7

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Composite CPI (104.61) for July 2010 increased by 2.96% year-on-year, attributable to the price increase of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages. Analyzed by section of goods and services, Clothing & Footwear (+6.98%); Transport (+6.16%); Recreation & Culture (+6.15%); Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+6.04%); Health (+5.26%); and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+4.58%) recorded notable increases on account of dearer prices of men’s and women’s clothing, gasoline, airfare, gold jewellery, fresh fish and seafood, and vegetables, as well as higher charges for outbound package tours, medical services and meals bought away from home.

As for other sections, apart from the 9.81% decrease of the price index of Education, reduced charges for mobile phone services caused the price index of Communication to decrease by 3.52%.

The CPI-A (104.06) and CPI-B (104.77) for July 2010 increased by 2.35% and 3.17% year-on- year respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for July 2010 104.61 104.06 104.77

Year-on-year change % 2.96 2.35 3.17

Annualized change % 1.20 0.46 1.36

Month-to-month change % 0.21 0.21 0.16

Year-on-year change for the first

seven months of 2010 % 2.22 1.57 2.39

The Composite CPI for July 2010 increased by 0.21% month-to-month, with the price index of Recreation & Culture rising by 2.61%, attributable to higher charges for outbound package tours; and recreational and cultural services during Summer Holidays. However, price index of Clothing &

Footwear fell by 2.08% on account of lower prices of men’s and women’s clothing.

The average Composite CPI for the first seven months of 2010 increased by 2.22% year-on- year. For the 12 months ended July 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 1.2% 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.

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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 2.96 2.35 3.17 0.21 0.21 0.16 1.20 0.46 1.36 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 4.58 4.63 4.57 0.26 0.26 0.22 4.02 4.12 3.99 41.52 49.46 44.95 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.60 0.51 0.59 -0.10 -0.11 -0.09 10.31 11.20 10.58 -0.57 -0.85 -0.65 Clothing & Footwear 6.98 7.47 7.32 -2.08 -1.81 -2.27 6.93 7.08 6.95 -73.67 -46.74 -117.58 Housing & Fuels 1.38 1.29 1.20 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -1.29 -1.85 -1.51 -2.63 -2.94 -3.31 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.38 1.38 1.12 0.08 0.10 0.07 1.10 1.15 0.96 1.20 1.08 1.62 Health 5.26 5.47 5.68 1.54 1.94 1.44 3.15 3.22 3.40 21.73 26.17 26.40 Transport 6.16 5.28 6.62 0.49 0.35 0.32 4.02 2.73 4.07 18.18 9.50 15.56 Communication -3.52 -3.36 -3.62 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -2.82 -2.64 -2.93 -0.39 -0.42 -0.46 Recreation & Culture 6.15 5.99 6.16 2.61 2.17 2.61 3.19 3.61 2.94 73.76 49.63 103.91

Education -9.81 -10.41 -8.97 - - - -13.64 -14.39 -12.61 - - -

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 6.04 4.68 6.07 0.51 0.50 0.53 5.01 4.37 4.96 20.87 15.11 29.56 - 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

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 5 104.06 107.48 114.27 113.64 98.02 102.78 105.44 101.19 92.26 103.47 99.01 109.44 6 104.39 107.63 114.33 114.13 98.28 102.85 105.79 102.85 92.30 103.47 99.01 110.01 7 104.61 107.91 114.22 111.76 98.26 102.93 107.41 103.35 92.28 106.17 99.01 110.58

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

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 6 103.85 107.75 114.85 114.07 98.40 103.39 106.14 100.72 92.45 103.70 98.41 107.55 7 104.06 108.04 114.72 112.00 98.38 103.50 108.20 101.07 92.43 105.95 98.41 108.09

5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

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

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 6 104.60 107.65 113.95 114.37 98.15 102.39 105.95 102.67 92.08 103.78 98.62 109.99 7 104.77 107.88 113.85 111.78 98.12 102.47 107.48 103.00 92.06 106.49 98.62 110.56

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6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP

2009 2010

Item Unit

July April May June July

Thai rice (packaged) 10.02 11.14 11.14 11.09 11.05 -0.39 10.28

Beef 73.86 72.60 72.61 71.99 70.72 -1.77 -4.26

Beef shin 71.82 69.57 71.07 70.03 68.04 -2.84 -5.25

Lean meat 52.89 51.95 52.07 51.55 51.48 -0.14 -2.68

Pork chop 53.27 51.83 51.59 52.07 51.83 -0.45 -2.70

Chicken 33.81 33.83 33.77 34.06 34.12 0.17 0.91

Golden thread 67.13 59.90 56.57 59.13 64.54 9.16 -3.86 Pomfret 113.72 148.56 142.38 123.97 133.20 7.45 17.13

Sole 134.88 174.95 150.60 160.44 135.71 -15.41 0.62

Grass carp kg 36.11 35.82 35.43 35.22 35.16 -0.19 -2.64 Head of “Tai U” 50.93 51.10 51.16 50.80 49.82 -1.93 -2.17 Fresh-water perch 90.72 74.46 75.08 75.48 77.09 2.13 -15.02 Chinese cabbage 11.98 12.71 12.81 12.78 14.16 10.78 18.16

Choy sum 16.00 18.10 17.24 17.09 19.12 11.84 19.46

Chinese lettuce 11.55 9.17 9.87 11.98 12.91 7.75 11.77

Hairy gourd 10.09 12.45 11.11 10.34 10.62 2.66 5.20

Tomato 11.17 10.52 10.07 11.25 11.35 0.81 1.59

Carrot 9.86 9.90 9.89 10.02 10.18 1.56 3.26

Banana 7.74 7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70 - -0.53

Orange 4.55 4.19 3.96 3.92 3.72 -5.14 -18.36

Apple each 3.48 3.53 3.44 3.46 3.39 -2.15 -2.76

Hen egg 1.11 1.10 1.12 1.15 1.14 -0.62 2.57

- 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

July 2009 September November January 2010 March May July

% 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

July 2009 September November January 2010 March May July

% 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

July 2009 September November January 2010 March May July

% 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

8G - Changes of the Quarterly Composite CPI by Section 8A - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-A by Section

8B - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-B by Section