CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER / 2006 No.10

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

OCTOBER / 2006

No.10

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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 on 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 October 2006 was 109.70, up by 0.35% over September. The increment was driven by increases in the price indices of Clothing & footwear, Communication, Housing & fuels and Food & non-alcoholic beverages.

Compared with September 2006, the indices of Clothing & footwear and Communication recorded notable increases of 2.91% and 2.76% respectively, which were attributable to the rising prices in new arrival of Autumn / Winter clothing and reduction of the price discount in long-distance call (IDD). In addition, due to dearer charges for the maintenance and repair services of dwelling, higher prices of LP gas, fruit and meals bought away from home, the indices of Housing & fuels and Food & non-alcoholic beverages rose by 0.33% and 0.27% respectively.

On the other hand, lower gasoline prices and charges for outbound package tour pushed down the price indices of Transport and Recreation & culture by 0.47% and 0.19% respectively.

The Composite CPI for October 2006 registered a year-on-year increase of 4.18%. Average Composite CPI for January to October went up by 5.29% compared with the same period of 2005. For the 12 months ended October 2006, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.32% over the previous period.

In addition, the CPI-A and CPI-B for October 2006 were 111.02 and 109.37, up by 0.32% and 0.33% respectively compared with September.

TABLE 1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR OCTOBER 2006

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100 Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index of the current month 109.70 111.02 109.37

Annual rate of change ended October 2006 % 5.32 5.92 5.05 Month-to-month rate of change % 0.35 0.32 0.33 Year-on-year rate of change % 4.18 4.67 4.04

CHART 1 - MONTHLY RATE OF CHANGE OF THE COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION

Overall index +0.35%

Clothing and footwear 2.91 Communication 2.76 Housing and fuels 0.33 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 0.27 Health 0.14 Household goods and furnishings 0.09

Transport -0.47 Recreation and culture -0.19

Tobacco and alcoholic beverages -0.03 Miscellaneous goods and services -0.01

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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

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 9 109.32 107.57 104.77 93.22 123.39 102.44 101.82 105.90 94.53 102.07 114.13 103.65 10 109.70 107.86 104.73 95.93 123.80 102.53 101.96 105.40 97.14 101.88 114.13 103.64

TABLE 3 – CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL

%

Rates of change

Jan.-Oct. 2006/

Jan.-Oct. 2005 Oct. 2006/ Oct. 2005 Oct. 2006/ Sept. 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 5.29 5.91 5.04 4.18 4.67 4.04 0.35 0.32 0.33 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 3.64 3.68 3.69 3.46 3.35 3.55 0.27 0.23 0.29 22.12 22.80 25.90 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 4.16 4.29 4.21 0.41 0.45 0.40 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -0.09 -0.07 -0.09 Clothing and footwear -5.05 -5.37 -4.87 -4.86 -4.75 -4.78 2.91 3.02 2.96 33.08 23.38 37.99 Housing and fuels 12.25 11.68 12.21 9.33 8.67 9.23 0.33 0.17 0.28 23.21 15.69 19.30 Household goods and furnishings 1.30 1.41 1.34 1.44 1.82 1.56 0.09 0.11 0.10 0.71 0.44 0.78 Health 1.73 2.00 1.92 1.74 2.06 2.02 0.14 0.20 0.18 1.14 1.65 1.40 Transport 3.56 3.33 4.20 2.12 1.81 1.98 -0.47 -0.52 -0.57 -9.09 -7.53 -11.03 Communication -2.86 -3.09 -2.75 -1.56 -1.52 -1.71 2.76 3.27 2.33 32.06 44.95 29.78 Recreation and culture 0.45 1.32 0.22 -0.52 0.82 -0.98 -0.19 -0.14 -0.23 -2.93 -1.86 -3.74

Education 8.59 9.81 7.49 6.06 6.99 5.80 - - - - - -

Miscellaneous goods and services 2.77 2.23 2.81 4.09 4.21 4.28 -0.01 0.03 -0.01 -0.21 0.55 -0.30 - Absolute value equals zero

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TABLE 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

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 9 110.67 107.59 105.06 92.68 122.37 102.90 102.02 105.47 94.17 104.07 115.68 104.22 10 111.02 107.84 105.04 95.48 122.58 103.02 102.23 104.93 97.25 103.92 115.68 104.26

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

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 9 109.00 107.56 104.85 93.08 123.24 102.57 102.04 107.20 94.64 101.99 112.91 103.86 10 109.37 107.88 104.82 95.84 123.58 102.67 102.22 106.59 96.85 101.76 112.91 103.85

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TABLE 6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

MOP

Average retail prices

2005 2006 Items Unit

October May June July August September October

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rice

Rice – Thailand (pre-packaged,

ordinary) kg 5.84 6.06 6.09 6.09 6.13 6.13 6.27

Fresh beef

Beef kg 38.72 40.16 40.14 40.16 40.05 40.85 40.61

Shin beef kg 37.78 40.65 40.61 40.65 40.61 40.73 40.50 Fresh pork

Lean meat kg 34.95 34.47 34.47 34.47 34.24 34.18 33.74 Pork chop kg 35.89 35.18 35.18 35.20 35.09 34.77 33.83 Live poultry

Chicken kg 26.45 26.45 26.48 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.45 Fresh salt-water fish

Golden thread kg 31.18 31.74 34.65 33.89 33.60 35.10 32.43 Pomfret kg 65.63 87.01 80.94 78.62 72.89 72.86 66.73

Sole kg 74.51 57.40 61.37 74.36 82.62 74.17 72.42

Fresh fresh-water fish

Grass carp kg 21.01 20.68 20.53 20.32 20.68 20.60 20.69 Head of “Tai U” kg 37.28 35.89 35.42 35.35 35.95 36.70 37.78 Fresh-water perch kg …

48.36 48.32 47.30 45.42 46.85 45.98 Egg

Hen egg each 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.76

Fruit

Orange each 2.73 3.20 3.25 3.21 3.24 3.20 3.25

Banana kg 6.60 6.64 6.82 6.82 6.82 6.66 6.67

Apple each 2.51 2.57 3.01 3.09 3.26 3.35 3.46

Vegetable

Chinese cabbage kg 8.57 9.03 11.84 10.35 10.18 8.91 8.13 Choy sum kg 10.38 10.55 17.33 13.25 14.16 10.78 11.14 Chinese lettuce kg 8.59 8.36 11.32 10.33 10.66 9.23 8.10 Hairy gourd kg 7.35 6.71 8.00 7.09 7.99 7.03 7.54

Tomato kg 8.21 7.43 8.03 8.13 7.79 7.99 8.75

Carrot kg 7.20 7.46 8.28 8.57 8.70 8.33 8.55

a. No imports were recorded during the period.

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CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

October 2005 December February 2006 April June August October

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

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

October 2005 December February 2006 April June August October

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

CHART 4 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

October 2005 December February 2006 April June August October

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

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The following statistical tables can be downloaded from our website

1G - Time series of the Composite CPI 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 rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 2A - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-A at section level

2B - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-B at section level

3G - Year-on-year rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 3A - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-A at section level

3B - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-B at section level

4G - Annual rate of change of the average Composite CPI at section level 4A - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-A at section level

4B - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-B at section level 5G - Movements of the Composite CPI at section level

5A - Movements of CPI-A at section level 5B - Movements of CPI-B at section level

6G - Index and rate of change of the Composite CPI at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

6A - Index and rate of change of CPI-A at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels 6B - Index and rate of change of CPI-B at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels 7 - Average retail prices of selected food items

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