CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
AUGUST/ 2004
No. 8
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Since January 2001, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been calculated using October 1999 to September 2000 as the base period. The consumption pattern has been derived from the Household Budget Survey 98/99. In this CPI series, housing rent includes both private and welfare housing. Furthermore, CPI(A) represents 54% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999 and CPI(B) accounts for 26% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.
TABLE 1：CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - AUGUST 2004
10/1999 - 9/2000 = 100 Unit Composite
CPI CPI(A) CPI(B)
Monthly index 94.58 95.86 94.18
Annual rate of change ending in August 2004 % -0.28 0.04 -0.32
Month-to-month rate of change % 0.26 0.25 0.24
Year-on-year rate of change % 1.99 1.79 1.99
o : Less than half of the unit employed
CHART 1 - MONTHLY RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION
%
Global index +0.26%
In August 2004, Composite CPI was 94.58, up 0.26% over July. Rising prices in air tickets and outbound package tours during summer holidays; gasoline, fresh pork and meals bought away from home pushed the indices of Transport and communications , Other goods and services and Foodstuffs and beverages up by 1.18%, 0.57% and 0.46% respectively. On the other hand, Clothing and footwear was the only section whose index recorded a drop (-1.71%) as a result of slashed prices in women’s clothing.
Composite CPI in August had a significant year-on-year increase of 1.99%, which was the third consecutive month that recorded growth in the index. For the 12 months ended August 2004, decline in the average Composite CPI narrowed further to 0.28%. Average Composite CPI for the period of January to August 2004 went up 0.27% compared with the same period of 2003.
CPI(A) and CPI(B) increased 0.25% and 0.24% respectively over July.
Clothing and footwear -1.71 Transport and communications 1.18
Other goods and services 0.57 Foodstuffs and beverages 0.46
Household goods 0.32
Health 0.15
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages 0.08 Rent and housing expenses 0.05 Education and leisure 0.02
TABLE 2：TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
10/1999 - 9/2000 = 100
Year / Month Global index
Foodstuffs 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
2003
8 92.74 94.45 68.46 92.21 104.92 87.45 100.62 94.13 97.62 93.73
9 93.24 95.74 67.66 92.13 105.13 88.92 100.51 93.91 98.62 94.24
10 93.22 94.98 69.90 92.13 105.01 88.63 100.61 94.28 98.69 95.32
11 93.12 94.68 71.67 92.04 105.05 88.63 100.61 93.75 98.69 95.05
12 93.08 94.80 71.04 91.73 105.03 88.47 100.49 94.43 98.63 95.04
2004
1 93.59 95.48 69.98 91.66 104.97 88.55 100.66 95.67 98.89 98.65
2 93.60 96.79 69.15 91.82 105.16 89.76 100.70 94.09 98.69 94.04
3 93.42 96.10 71.17 91.95 105.01 88.82 100.78 93.74 98.70 93.33
4 93.66 96.19 73.29 92.03 105.06 88.97 100.76 94.22 98.71 93.66
5 93.74 95.55 76.01 92.47 105.30 88.94 100.76 94.31 98.77 93.50
6 93.98 96.18 76.40 92.22 105.31 89.11 100.79 94.68 98.91 94.07
7 94.34 97.31 73.63 92.38 105.57 89.22 100.72 94.97 99.15 94.83
8 94.58 97.75 72.37 92.43 105.66 89.51 100.87 96.08 99.17 95.37
TABLE 3：PRINCIPAL RATES OF CHANGE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AT SECTION LEVEL OF GOODS AND SERVICES
% Rates of change
Jan. – Aug. 2004 /
Jan. - Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 / Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 / July 2004
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 0.27 0.57 0.25 1.99 1.79 1.99 0.26 0.25 0.24 100.00 100.00 100.00
Foodstuffs and beverages 1.53 1.83 1.38 3.50 3.79 3.31 0.46 0.53 0.43 57.01 74.33 59.91 Clothing and footwear 1.00 1.49 0.72 5.71 5.96 5.63 -1.71 -1.56 -1.45 -26.98 -15.87 -29.90 Rent and housing expenses -1.25 -0.70 -1.35 0.24 -0.35 0.18 0.05 0.06 0.06 6.13 8.06 6.46 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages 0.09 -0.01 0.11 0.70 0.46 0.73 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.41 0.54 0.38
Household goods 1.33 0.56 1.24 2.36 2.19 2.29 0.32 0.49 0.31 3.73 2.68 4.45
Health -0.28 -0.16 -0.21 0.25 0.63 0.35 0.15 0.28 0.20 1.46 2.72 2.01
Transport and communications 0.32 -0.01 0.41 2.08 1.29 2.29 1.18 0.69 0.90 44.51 21.27 38.66 Education and leisure 0.84 1.19 0.66 1.59 1.62 1.44 0.02 0.01 -0.01 0.82 0.52 -0.61 Other goods and services -0.69 -1.10 -0.30 1.75 1.83 1.60 0.57 0.43 0.66 12.92 5.75 18.64 - : Magnitude zero
TABLE 4：TIME SERIES OF CPI (A)
10/1999 - 9/2000 = 100
Year / Month Global index
Foodstuffs 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
2003
8 94.18 93.95 68.61 93.76 105.08 88.33 101.80 93.42 101.49 93.86
9 94.90 95.59 67.86 93.67 105.27 89.17 101.78 93.33 102.88 94.59
10 94.65 94.58 70.32 93.58 105.18 88.93 101.90 93.51 102.90 95.82
11 94.46 94.03 72.35 93.46 105.22 88.89 101.91 93.23 102.90 95.45
12 94.40 94.17 72.04 93.15 105.19 88.68 101.80 93.56 102.83 95.15
2004
1 94.80 94.95 70.93 93.07 105.13 88.85 101.90 94.31 103.04 98.48
2 95.18 96.51 69.92 93.28 105.32 89.31 102.01 93.50 102.85 94.37
3 94.92 95.65 71.12 93.42 105.14 89.32 102.06 93.33 102.84 93.55
4 95.11 95.84 73.13 93.47 105.16 89.39 102.10 93.56 102.86 94.19
5 94.93 94.97 75.87 93.54 105.39 89.49 102.11 93.58 102.91 94.05
6 95.11 95.67 76.04 93.19 105.36 89.76 102.13 93.84 103.00 94.37
7 95.62 97.00 73.85 93.37 105.48 89.82 102.16 93.98 103.12 95.16
8 95.86 97.52 72.70 93.43 105.56 90.26 102.44 94.63 103.13 95.58
TABLE 5：TIME SERIES OF CPI (B)
10/1999 - 9/2000 = 100
Year / Month Global index
Foodstuffs 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
2003
8 92.35 94.50 68.58 92.55 105.02 87.63 101.11 92.96 95.68 94.07
9 92.77 95.63 67.64 92.47 105.21 89.05 101.02 92.84 96.49 94.42
10 92.78 94.98 69.83 92.45 105.08 88.80 101.13 93.05 96.55 95.25
11 92.74 94.77 71.58 92.36 105.12 88.78 101.12 92.74 96.54 94.94
12 92.66 94.88 70.91 92.06 105.11 88.61 100.99 93.09 96.47 94.84
2004
1 93.19 95.54 69.89 91.99 105.05 88.68 101.21 94.15 96.83 98.59
2 93.21 96.76 69.19 92.15 105.22 89.86 101.27 93.29 96.57 94.07
3 93.05 96.13 70.78 92.28 105.10 88.92 101.35 93.11 96.53 93.55
4 93.28 96.19 72.99 92.36 105.15 89.08 101.32 93.56 96.59 93.52
5 93.37 95.61 75.28 92.76 105.39 89.05 101.33 93.64 96.63 93.48
6 93.62 96.18 75.64 92.49 105.41 89.22 101.35 94.09 96.82 94.27
7 93.96 97.21 73.50 92.67 105.72 89.35 101.26 94.24 97.07 94.95
8 94.18 97.63 72.44 92.72 105.78 89.63 101.46 95.08 97.06 95.58
TABLE 6：AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
MOP Average retail prices
2003 2004
Items Unit
August March April May June July August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Packaged rice from Thailand kg 5.76 6.15 6.19 6.45 6.50 6.50 6.50
Salt-water fish, fresh
Golden thread kg 28.48 29.46 27.77 25.98 26.29 30.79 28.17
Promfret kg 61.40 76.39 75.83 71.07 73.09 75.77 66.00
Sole kg 80.99 84.24 76.58 79.34 83.99 85.69 91.04
Fresh-water fish, fresh
Grass carp kg 18.98 18.67 18.75 18.85 18.84 18.88 19.08
Snake head kg 21.64 20.99 20.97 21.01 21.16 21.16 20.64
Head of big head fish kg 32.82 30.70 29.75 29.87 29.75 30.17 30.46
Fresh pork
Lean cut kg 30.22 30.22 31.49 31.92 31.88 31.41 34.95
Pork chop kg 29.75 29.28 30.87 31.41 31.41 31.41 35.30
Fresh beef
Shin beef kg 38.72 38.25 38.49 38.25 38.25 37.78 37.78
Beef kg 39.20 39.20 39.08 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72
Live poultry
Chicken kg 25.44 25.90 25.74 25.74 25.74 25.74 25.71
Duck kg 19.17 …a …a …a …a …a …a
Fresh vegetable
White cabbage kg 7.06 6.58 6.96 5.45 6.05 7.18 7.45
Flowering cabbage kg 8.30 8.62 8.40 6.57 7.36 8.41 8.42
Chinese lettuce kg 7.12 4.36 6.06 5.00 5.73 7.39 8.40
Broccoli kg 21.61 12.23 15.75 14.47 12.91 15.10 15.28
Tomato kg 6.63 6.30 7.20 6.67 7.12 7.26 7.19
Potato kg 5.39 6.12 6.08 5.95 5.84 5.69 5.73
Onion kg 6.98 8.29 8.43 8.29 8.10 8.12 7.74
Fresh fruit
Orange each 2.49 2.93 2.77 2.76 3.05 3.21 2.97
Apple each 2.46 2.64 2.69 2.72 2.65 2.83 2.98
Banana kg 6.88 6.68 6.72 6.74 6.67 6.69 6.75
Egg
Hen egg each 0.70 0.66 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.67
aNo relevant live poultry imported.
CHART 2 – MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CHART 3 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(A)
CHART 4 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(B) -3.00
-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00
August 2003 October December February 2004 April June August
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00
August 2003 October December February 2004 April June August
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00
August 2003 October December February 2004 April June August
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
The following statistical tables can be downloaded from our website
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 selected 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
