CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NOVEMBER / 2011

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

NOVEMBER / 2011

No.11

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Statistics and Census Service

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Composite CPI (112.56) for November 2011 increased by 6.65% year-on-year. The increment was attributable to higher charges for meals bought away from home and rising prices of clothing and gasoline.

For the 12 months ended November 2011, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.57% from the previous period; the CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 5.24% and 5.75%

respectively.

In comparison with November 2010, significant increase was observed in the price index of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+10.44%); Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+9.58%); Transport (+7.34%); and Clothing & Footwear (+6.83%) on account of dearer prices of fresh pork, fresh fish, vegetable, men and women’s clothing, gasoline and gold jewellery, as well as higher charges for meals bought away from home. On the contrary, price index of Communication decreased by 14.07% year-on-year. The CPI-A (111.71) and CPI-B (112.93) for November 2011 increased by 6.47% and 6.82% respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for November 2011 112.56 111.71 112.93

Year-on-year change % 6.65 6.47 6.82

Annualized change % 5.57 5.24 5.75

Month-to-month change % 0.39 0.35 0.41 Year-on-year change for the

first eleven months of 2011 % 5.71 5.39 5.90

CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00

Nov. 2010 Jan. 2011 Mar. 2011 May 2011 Jul. 2011 Sep. 2011 Nov. 2011

%

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The Composite CPI for November 2011 increased by 0.39% month-to-month, of which the price index of Clothing & Footwear rose by 3.24% upon new arrival of winter clothing; however, price index of Transport decreased by 0.75% with lower gasoline prices.

The CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.35% and 0.41% respectively month-to-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first eleven months of 2011 increased by 5.71%

year-on-year; the CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 5.39% and 5.90% respectively.

The Composite CPI, with base year April 2008-March 2009, 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.

2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B BY SECTION

%

Contribution to the year-on- year 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 6.65 6.47 6.82 0.39 0.35 0.41 5.57 5.24 5.75 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 10.44 10.74 10.33 0.26 0.22 0.31 7.62 7.61 7.69 52.89 63.29 50.68 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.56 0.29 0.93 0^# -0.01 0.01 0.30 0.17 0.49 0.10 0.07 0.16 Clothing & Footwear 6.83 6.87 7.02 3.24 3.30 3.14 6.50 6.29 6.32 7.49 5.56 8.44 Housing & Fuels 4.05 3.61 4.36 0.34 0.35 0.31 3.30 3.16 3.40 13.10 14.41 12.47 Household Goods & Furnishings 5.41 5.37 5.31 0.09 0.08 0.07 4.46 4.48 4.34 2.49 1.80 2.73 Health 6.12 5.90 6.76 0.28 0.36 0.26 6.12 6.34 6.52 2.76 2.59 2.98 Transport 7.34 7.38 7.84 -0.75 -0.64 -0.88 8.82 8.52 9.63 8.66 6.45 9.18 Communication -14.07 -14.14 -14.54 -0.10 -0.08 -0.10 -9.78 -9.60 -10.08 -6.51 -8.12 -6.16 Recreation & Culture 5.92 6.04 5.98 0.46 0.39 0.45 4.87 5.22 4.97 5.21 4.39 5.59

Education 1.92 3.21 1.85 - - - 1.47 2.55 1.39 1.41 1.90 1.29

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 9.58 7.92 9.37 0.28 0.24 0.27 8.87 7.34 8.72 12.40 7.65 12.65

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed - Absolute value equals zero

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

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 2010 104.25 107.41 114.23 110.84 98.21 102.94 106.57 102.97 92.30 104.56 99.42 110.61 2010

11 105.55 108.43 114.30 114.13 99.39 103.52 109.04 105.02 92.19 104.15 100.23 113.20 12 106.17 108.49 114.31 117.54 99.72 105.08 109.66 106.16 92.18 105.48 100.26 114.01 2011

1 107.16 110.57 114.32 117.22 100.59 105.40 110.03 107.26 84.78 105.79 100.26 117.24 2 108.13 112.25 114.33 115.28 101.21 105.85 110.76 108.95 84.79 110.86 100.33 116.42 3 108.63 113.94 114.37 112.90 101.35 106.26 111.02 110.30 84.78 109.15 100.33 117.11 4 108.74 114.25 114.34 114.49 99.70 106.86 111.43 111.73 84.77 110.00 100.33 118.10 5 109.46 114.79 114.51 119.33 100.38 107.08 112.34 112.32 84.71 108.61 100.33 118.96 6 110.29 115.73 114.33 121.86 100.87 107.51 112.70 112.43 84.62 109.85 100.33 120.67 7 110.85 116.89 114.47 119.97 101.25 107.78 113.19 113.39 84.57 110.89 100.34 121.38 8 110.80 117.29 114.71 117.28 101.07 108.17 113.65 114.32 79.31 111.97 100.35 122.22 9 111.48 118.53 114.86 115.69 102.23 108.77 114.46 113.97 79.29 110.42 102.13 123.41 10 112.12 119.44 114.94 118.09 103.06 109.02 115.38 113.59 79.29 109.80 102.15 123.70 11 112.56 119.75 114.94 121.92 103.42 109.12 115.71 112.73 79.21 110.31 102.15 124.04

4 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-A

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 36.94 1.44 4.82 27.22 2.19 2.71 5.78 4.22 4.71 4.00 5.96

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 2010 103.77 107.54 114.74 110.95 98.32 103.47 107.31 100.85 92.45 105.02 99.13 108.31 2010

11 104.91 108.36 114.80 114.19 99.52 104.25 110.10 102.67 92.35 104.96 100.56 110.09 12 105.32 108.30 114.80 117.44 99.84 105.40 110.59 103.78 92.35 106.06 100.61 110.52 2011

1 106.49 110.67 114.81 117.05 100.72 105.64 111.03 104.96 85.20 106.44 100.61 115.14 2 107.49 112.37 114.81 115.01 101.39 106.19 111.75 106.40 85.21 112.09 100.72 113.57 3 108.07 114.12 114.85 112.85 101.52 106.54 112.07 107.84 85.21 109.55 100.72 113.86 4 107.90 114.29 114.80 114.26 99.72 107.38 112.61 109.29 85.20 110.52 100.72 114.44 5 108.53 114.81 114.96 118.88 100.42 107.65 113.39 109.72 85.15 109.23 100.72 114.96 6 109.35 115.78 114.74 121.75 100.91 108.24 113.83 109.74 85.07 110.63 100.72 116.65 7 110.02 117.16 114.74 120.12 101.27 108.59 114.34 110.78 85.03 111.47 100.75 116.97 8 109.81 117.55 115.01 117.39 100.81 109.05 114.71 111.46 79.37 112.73 100.76 117.36 9 110.66 118.81 115.08 115.92 101.95 109.50 115.38 111.26 79.36 111.63 103.77 118.40 10 111.32 119.74 115.15 118.13 102.76 109.77 116.17 110.96 79.36 110.87 103.78 118.52 11 111.71 120.00 115.14 122.03 103.12 109.85 116.59 110.25 79.30 111.30 103.78 118.81

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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

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

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 2010 104.38 107.42 113.85 110.59 98.08 102.50 106.54 102.74 92.08 104.78 99.00 110.56 2010

11 105.72 108.56 113.96 113.49 99.26 102.96 109.04 105.04 91.96 104.42 99.76 113.13 12 106.42 108.69 113.98 116.64 99.59 104.67 109.83 106.38 91.96 105.71 99.79 113.91 2011

1 107.37 110.60 113.99 116.49 100.47 104.94 110.18 107.57 84.36 106.05 99.79 117.02 2 108.34 112.32 114.01 114.58 101.06 105.38 111.04 109.28 84.37 110.89 99.86 116.34 3 108.86 114.00 114.04 112.36 101.20 105.79 111.29 110.79 84.37 109.54 99.86 117.00 4 109.08 114.39 114.05 114.04 99.57 106.37 111.61 112.45 84.35 110.34 99.86 117.97 5 109.84 114.93 114.25 119.13 100.25 106.57 112.62 112.83 84.29 109.09 99.86 118.83 6 110.68 115.87 114.10 121.72 100.75 106.90 112.95 112.89 84.20 110.30 99.86 120.40 7 111.17 116.88 114.40 119.78 101.13 107.07 113.47 113.86 84.15 111.26 99.86 121.10 8 111.18 117.28 114.66 117.03 101.25 107.46 114.00 114.81 78.69 112.28 99.87 121.95 9 111.85 118.52 114.92 115.50 102.42 108.14 114.98 114.77 78.67 110.71 101.59 123.12 10 112.47 119.40 115.01 117.75 103.27 108.35 116.12 114.28 78.67 110.17 101.60 123.39 11 112.93 119.77 115.01 121.46 103.59 108.43 116.42 113.28 78.59 110.67 101.60 123.73

Average retail price (MOP)

2010 2011 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

November August September October November Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice 11.17 11.92 11.86 11.93 12.00 0.64 7.46

Beef 70.96 85.19 88.90 93.92 93.79 -0.14 32.18

Beef shin 69.54 82.27 84.57 89.26 88.82 -0.49 27.72 Lean meat 52.30 62.53 63.22 63.16 63.05 -0.19 20.54 Pork chop 52.54 63.23 63.52 63.40 62.81 -0.93 19.55

Chicken 33.98 38.02 38.02 38.25 38.25 - 12.59

Golden thread 69.41 70.29 75.31 80.28 78.89 -1.74 13.66 Pomfret 146.78 170.80 167.83 150.08 154.96 3.25 5.57

Sole 158.05 168.60 170.88 192.56 188.43 -2.15 19.22

Grass carp kg 36.28 42.26 42.73 44.21 44.98 1.74 23.98 Head of “Tai U” 50.79 64.18 68.22 68.21 68.78 0.84 35.42 Fresh-water perch 76.28 84.45 86.93 86.09 83.92 -2.51 10.01 Chinese cabbage 11.77 13.38 13.32 14.30 14.14 -1.14 20.08

Choy sum 14.65 17.81 17.35 18.29 18.63 1.91 27.18

Chinese lettuce 10.43 12.58 12.74 13.71 12.47 -9.07 19.50 Hairy gourd 11.09 12.23 12.46 13.44 13.61 1.23 22.74

Tomato 13.24 11.45 11.82 12.13 12.06 -0.51 -8.92

Carrot 10.82 10.75 11.32 11.52 11.38 -1.27 5.15

Banana 7.70 8.80 8.80 8.80 8.80 - 14.29

Orange 4.34 3.98 4.27 4.22 4.07 -3.55 -6.21

Apple each 4.13 3.92 4.11 4.12 4.07 -1.22 -1.46

Hen egg 1.12 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.19 - 6.06

- Absolute value equals zero MOP : Macao Pataca

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

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The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC 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