CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
SEPTEMBER / 2006
No. 9
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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 September 2006 was 109.32, up by 0.53% over August. The increment was driven by increases in the price indices of Education, Miscellaneous goods & services, and Housing & fuels. However, the impacts were offset by decreases in the indices of Food & alcoholic beverages and Transport.
Compared with August 2006, the indices of Education, Miscellaneous goods & services, and Housing & fuels increased by 6.06%, 1.89% and 0.53% respectively, which were fuelled by upward adjustment of school tuition fees, sundry fees and expenses of extension class in the new academic year, as well as higher rentals for housing.
On the other hand, lower gasoline prices, reduced air ticket fares and outbound package tour fees after the Summer peak season pushed down the price indices of Transport (-1.98%) and Recreation & culture (-1.29%). Attributable to seasonal sale of women’s clothing and lower vegetable prices, indices of Clothing & footwear and Food & non-alcoholic beverages recorded decreases of 1.29% and 0.56% respectively.
The Composite CPI for September 2006 registered a year-on-year increase of 4.24%. Average Composite CPI for January to September went up by 5.41% compared with the same period of 2005. For the 12 months ended September 2006, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.45% over the previous period. Composite CPI for the third quarter of 2006 rose by 4.66% over the same quarter of last year, with notable increases in the indices of Housing & fuels (+10.79%) and Education (+8.10%).
In addition, the CPI-A and CPI-B for September 2006 were 110.67 and 109.00, up by 0.79% and 0.54%
respectively compared with August.
TABLE 1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 2006
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100 Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index of the current month 109.32 110.67 109.00
Annual rate of change ended September 2006 % 5.45 6.04 5.16 Month-to-month rate of change % 0.53 0.79 0.54
Year-on-year rate of change % 4.24 4.76 4.08
Index of the 3
rdquarter 108.91 110.05 108.60
Quarter-to-quarter rate of change % 0.74 0.90 0.69
Year-on-year rate of change % 4.66 5.32 4.45
CHART 1 - MONTHLY RATE OF CHANGE OF THE COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION
Overall index +0.53%
Education 6.06
Miscellaneous goods and services 1.89 Housing and fuels 0.53 Communication 0.24 Household goods and furnishings 0.15
Transport -1.98 Recreation and culture -1.29
Clothing and footwear -1.29 Food and non-alcoholic beverages -0.56
Health -0.25 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages -0.04
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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
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 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
TABLE 3 – CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B AT SECTION LEVEL
%
Rates of change
Jan.-Sept. 2006/
Jan.-Sept. 2005 Sept. 2006/ Sept. 2005 Sept. 2006/ Aug. 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 5.41 6.06 5.15 4.24 4.76 4.08 0.53 0.79 0.54 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 3.66 3.72 3.71 3.13 3.04 3.22 -0.56 -0.76 -0.47 -30.64 -31.24 -26.27 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 4.60 4.73 4.65 4.73 4.90 4.77 -0.04 -0.01 -0.03 -0.08 -0.01 -0.06 Clothing and footwear -5.07 -5.44 -4.88 -7.40 -7.47 -7.31 -1.29 -1.61 -1.10 -9.97 -5.17 -8.95 Housing and fuels 12.59 12.03 12.56 10.09 9.64 10.04 0.53 0.43 0.52 24.80 15.94 22.47 Household goods and furnishings 1.28 1.36 1.32 1.39 1.74 1.53 0.15 0.41 0.20 0.77 0.65 0.94
Health 1.72 1.99 1.90 1.71 1.98 1.96 -0.25 -0.28 -0.18 -1.37 -0.92 -0.90 Transport 3.72 3.50 4.45 2.93 2.43 2.42 -1.98 -1.79 -2.19 -26.27 -10.74 -27.16 Communication -3.00 -3.26 -2.87 -4.20 -4.64 -3.96 0.24 0.14 0.24 1.89 0.77 1.90 Recreation and culture 0.56 1.37 0.36 -0.44 0.88 -0.75 -1.29 0.68 -1.30 -13.82 3.61 -13.41 Education 8.90 10.15 7.69 6.06 6.99 5.80 6.06 6.98 5.80 126.19 112.68 119.11 Miscellaneous goods and services 2.62 2.00 2.65 4.62 4.40 4.84 1.89 2.22 2.01 28.52 14.43 32.35 - 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
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 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
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
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 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
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TABLE 6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
MOP
Average retail prices
2005 2006 Items Unit
September April May June July August September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Rice – Thailand (pre-packaged,
ordinary) kg 6.02 6.06 6.06 6.09 6.09 6.13 6.13
Fresh beef
Beef kg 38.72 40.28 40.16 40.14 40.16 40.05 40.85
Shin beef kg 37.78 40.40 40.65 40.61 40.65 40.61 40.73 Fresh pork
Lean meat kg 34.95 34.53 34.47 34.47 34.47 34.24 34.18 Pork chop kg 35.89 35.30 35.18 35.18 35.20 35.09 34.77 Live poultry
Chicken kg 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.48 26.45 26.45 26.45 Fresh salt-water fish
Golden thread kg 32.56 33.32 31.74 34.65 33.89 33.60 35.10 Pomfret kg 69.27 78.63 87.01 80.94 78.62 72.89 72.86
Sole kg 76.53 58.56 57.40 61.37 74.36 82.62 74.17
Fresh fresh-water fish
Grass carp kg 21.53 20.90 20.68 20.53 20.32 20.68 20.60 Head of “Tai U” kg 37.38 36.86 35.89 35.42 35.35 35.95 36.70 Fresh-water perch kg …
a47.47 48.36 48.32 47.30 45.42 46.85 Egg
Hen egg each 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.72 0.73
Fruit
Orange each 2.75 3.25 3.20 3.25 3.21 3.24 3.20
Banana kg 6.62 6.54 6.64 6.82 6.82 6.82 6.66
Apple each 2.48 2.67 2.57 3.01 3.09 3.26 3.35
Vegetable
Chinese cabbage kg 9.48 8.52 9.03 11.84 10.35 10.18 8.91 Choy sum kg 11.03 9.61 10.55 17.33 13.25 14.16 10.78 Chinese lettuce kg 9.63 6.90 8.36 11.32 10.33 10.66 9.23
Hairy gourd kg 6.43 7.13 6.71 8.00 7.09 7.99 7.03
Tomato kg 7.53 7.30 7.43 8.03 8.13 7.79 7.99
Carrot kg 7.35 6.49 7.46 8.28 8.57 8.70 8.33
a. No imports were recorded during the period.
CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI
CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A
CHART 4 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B
-1.000.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00
September 2005 November January 2006 March May July September
% 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
September 2005 November January 2006 March May July September
% 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
September 2005 November January 2006 March May July September
% Month-to-month rate of change
Year-on-year rate of change
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TABLE 7 – QUARTER-TO-QUARTER RATE OF CHANGE OF THE COMPOSITE CPI
7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100
Year/
Quarter
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
3 104.06 104.18 100.13 102.07 110.83 101.04 100.03 102.78 98.68 103.09 101.57 98.75 4 105.46 104.03 104.32 101.74 113.93 101.16 100.44 102.80 98.67 102.10 107.61 99.91
2006
1 106.59 105.41 104.68 98.17 117.23 101.84 101.31 103.61 97.34 102.14 107.61 101.17 2 108.11 107.35 104.73 100.06 120.70 102.26 101.71 106.14 95.46 101.90 107.62 101.29 3 108.91 107.90 104.79 94.70 122.79 102.38 101.95 107.31 94.39 102.91 109.79 102.39 Rate of
change (%) Quarter-to-
quarter
0.74 0.52 0.06 -5.36 1.73 0.12 0.23 1.10 -1.12 0.99 2.02 1.08 Year-on-
year 4.66 3.58 4.66 -7.22 10.79 1.33 1.92 4.40 -4.35 -0.17 8.10 3.68
