CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
NOVEMBER/ 2009
No.11
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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The Composite CPI (101.65) for November 2009 decreased by 0.11% year-on-year. Apart from the 18.95% decrease of the price index of Education, lower rentals for housing and reduced charges for mobile phone services drove the price indices of Housing & Fuels; and Communication down by 2.31% and 2.0% respectively.
On the contrary, price indices of Clothing & Footwear; Miscellaneous Goods & Services; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages increased by 8.81%, 4.08% and 3.15% respectively, attributable to dearer prices of new Autumn/Winter clothing for men and women, gold jewellery, as well as fresh fish and seafood.
The CPI-A (101.35) for November 2009 decreased by 1.08% year-on-year, while CPI-B (101.67) increased slightly by 0.08%.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR NOVEMBER 2009
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index for the current month 101.65 101.35 101.67
Year-on-year change % -0.11 -1.08 0.08
Annual rate of change ended November 2009 % 1.61 1.37 1.64
Month-to-month change % 0.49 0.35 0.54
The Composite CPI for November 2009 increased by 0.49% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; Miscellaneous Goods & Services; and Housing & Fuels rose by 5.54%, 0.75% and 0.22% respectively on account of dearer prices of new Autumn/Winter clothing, higher gold prices and rising prices of LP Gas. However, price index of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages decreased by 0.04% due to lower prices of fresh fish from October. Meanwhile, the CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 0.35% and 0.54% month-to-month.
The average Composite CPI for the first eleven months of 2009 went up by 1.21% year-on-year.
For the 12 months ended November 2009, the average Composite CPI rose by 1.61% over the preceding period.
The Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The
2008/2009 based 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
%
Rate of change
Nov. 2009/ Nov. 2008 Jan. -Nov. 2009/
Jan. - Nov. 2008 Nov. 2009/ Oct. 2009
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Global Index -0.11 -1.08 0.08 1.21 0.89 1.27 0.49 0.35 0.54 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 3.15 3.19 3.20 5.66 5.77 5.65 -0.04 -0.08 0.01 -2.56 -8.78 0.73 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 13.90 15.13 14.30 9.42 10.19 9.68 0.10 0.12 0.09 0.26 0.55 0.21 Clothing & Footwear 8.81 9.30 8.48 9.20 8.82 9.21 5.54 5.54 5.43 76.41 77.33 77.28 Housing & Fuels -2.31 -2.98 -2.53 -1.13 -1.88 -1.33 0.22 0.28 0.18 9.93 21.31 6.83 Household Goods & Furnishings 0.71 0.54 0.56 2.35 3.89 2.62 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.43 0.36 0.34 Health 3.00 3.12 3.13 3.50 3.77 3.73 0.20 0.18 0.22 1.17 1.45 1.19 Transport 2.47 0.51 2.35 -6.82 -8.09 -8.39 0.08 0.12 0.08 1.23 1.91 1.21 Communication -2.00 -1.78 -2.14 -1.71 -1.39 -1.91 -0# -0# -0# -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 Recreation & Culture 1.93 1.96 1.64 3.30 3.66 3.14 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.53 0.28 0.31
Education -18.95 -20.02 -17.63 -9.75 -9.78 -9.17 - - - - - -
Miscellaneous Goods & Services 4.08 3.31 3.93 4.42 4.79 4.48 0.75 0.32 0.72 12.62 5.58 11.91
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed - Absolute value equals zero
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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
11 101.76 100.11 99.97 98.94 100.18 100.97 100.07 96.95 97.58 98.52 122.15 101.92 12 101.49 99.47 99.98 100.23 100.21 101.10 100.46 92.87 97.58 100.50 122.15 102.00
2009
1 102.09 100.56 99.97 99.77 100.27 101.09 101.01 93.95 95.64 103.59 122.15 102.72 2 100.76 101.05 99.90 98.96 99.32 101.33 101.02 94.13 95.64 99.53 109.78 102.72 3 101.19 102.38 99.85 100.14 98.98 101.22 101.52 94.01 95.64 99.63 109.78 102.98 4 101.17 102.11 99.93 105.08 98.35 101.23 101.69 94.18 95.64 99.30 109.78 103.32 5 101.34 102.41 113.49 107.67 97.46 101.41 101.82 94.93 95.64 99.10 109.78 103.58 6 101.74 103.00 113.37 108.32 97.33 101.42 102.02 97.37 95.63 99.61 109.78 103.85 7 101.67 103.18 113.54 104.47 97.25 101.54 102.04 97.36 95.64 100.02 109.78 104.28 8 101.87 102.80 113.63 102.10 97.90 101.46 102.21 100.08 95.64 101.49 109.78 104.18 9 100.87 103.19 113.73 99.75 97.70 101.58 102.40 98.52 95.64 100.70 98.95 104.73 10 101.15 103.31 113.75 102.00 97.65 101.63 102.87 99.27 95.63 100.38 99.00 105.30 11 101.65 103.27 113.87 107.66 97.86 101.69 103.07 99.34 95.63 100.42 99.00 106.09
4 - TIME SERIES OF 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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
11 102.46 100.11 99.34 98.96 100.97 101.50 100.69 97.13 97.36 98.94 123.03 101.29 12 102.03 99.23 99.34 100.32 101.02 101.79 101.07 92.32 97.36 99.77 123.03 101.38 2009
1 102.63 100.52 99.33 99.93 101.18 101.79 101.69 93.45 95.64 101.05 123.03 102.09 2 101.09 100.87 99.25 99.22 99.99 102.18 101.68 93.32 95.64 99.82 109.85 101.85 3 101.62 102.51 99.21 100.49 99.55 101.51 102.18 93.23 95.64 99.95 109.85 102.05 4 101.39 102.08 99.32 105.16 98.86 101.59 102.35 93.15 95.64 99.71 109.85 102.30 5 101.53 102.44 114.07 107.06 97.96 101.93 102.46 93.91 95.64 99.64 109.85 102.51 6 101.89 103.17 113.96 107.75 97.77 102.09 102.57 96.23 95.63 99.91 109.85 102.66 7 101.78 103.26 114.14 104.22 97.52 102.09 102.58 96.00 95.64 99.97 109.85 103.26 8 101.91 102.85 114.24 102.22 98.18 101.88 102.86 98.62 95.64 100.80 109.86 103.20 9 100.81 103.28 114.24 99.99 97.74 101.95 103.07 97.23 95.64 100.99 98.35 104.08 10 101.00 103.39 114.24 102.49 97.69 102.00 103.65 97.51 95.63 100.86 98.40 104.31 11 101.35 103.31 114.37 108.17 97.97 102.06 103.83 97.63 95.63 100.88 98.40 104.64
5 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-B
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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
11 101.59 100.08 99.29 98.99 100.23 100.87 99.59 96.50 97.58 99.03 119.73 101.98 12 101.33 99.58 99.29 100.35 100.26 101.00 99.97 91.84 97.58 100.98 119.73 102.07 2009
1 101.90 100.59 99.28 99.85 100.32 100.98 100.57 92.72 95.51 104.20 119.73 102.79 2 100.69 101.16 99.20 99.01 99.39 101.27 100.57 93.30 95.50 99.98 108.34 102.67 3 101.08 102.34 99.16 100.05 99.03 100.99 101.04 93.19 95.50 100.04 108.34 102.94 4 101.10 102.18 99.25 104.87 98.38 101.01 101.26 93.24 95.50 99.59 108.34 103.25 5 101.30 102.48 113.14 107.31 97.44 101.19 101.44 94.18 95.50 99.39 108.34 103.52 6 101.70 102.98 113.02 107.97 97.32 101.22 101.67 96.97 95.49 99.95 108.34 103.84 7 101.60 103.17 113.18 104.15 97.21 101.33 101.71 96.61 95.51 100.30 108.34 104.23 8 101.75 102.75 113.29 101.89 97.80 101.23 101.79 99.63 95.51 101.81 108.34 104.11 9 100.83 103.14 113.36 99.65 97.56 101.35 102.01 98.05 95.51 100.96 98.56 104.69 10 101.12 103.27 113.37 101.85 97.51 101.38 102.48 98.68 95.50 100.63 98.62 105.24 11 101.67 103.29 113.48 107.38 97.69 101.43 102.70 98.77 95.50 100.65 98.62 105.99
6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail prices (MOP
)2008 2009
Rate of change (%)
Items Unit
November August September October November
month-to-month year-on-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice Rice – Thailand
(packaged, regular) kg 10.55 10.02 10.02 10.11
a10.54
a4.22 -0.11
Fresh beef Beef kg 71.71 72.20 72.43 71.31 71.55 0.33 -0.23
Shin beef kg 68.97 69.36 70.11 67.08 68.32 1.85 -0.94
Fresh pork Lean meat kg 53.01 52.30 51.66 51.95 51.48 -0.91 -2.90
Pork chop kg 52.07 54.07 51.62 52.42 52.18 -0.45 0.23
Live poultry Chicken kg 33.65 33.88 33.81 33.77 33.65 -0.35 -
Salt-water fish Golden thread kg 55.38 68.60 68.57 70.69 67.06 -5.14 21.08
Pomfret kg 74.96 105.48 137.04 138.84 145.45 4.76 94.05 Sole kg 73.29 144.13 129.18 138.24 138.84 0.43 89.43
Fresh- water fish Grass carp kg 35.76 36.99 35.99 36.11 36.12 0.02 0.99
Head of “Tai U” kg 49.94 50.27 52.56 51.99 51.29 -1.34 2.70 Fresh-water perch kg 66.92 81.65 78.11 75.44 73.54 -2.52 9.90 Egg Hen egg each 1.10 1.10 1.11 1.11 1.14 2.57 3.56
Fruit Orange each 3.88 3.80 4.14 4.11 4.40 7.01 13.41
Banana kg 7.48 7.95 7.75 7.66 7.70 0.57 2.94 Apple each 4.39 3.41 3.91 3.91 3.59 -8.34 -18.24
Vegetable Chinese cabbage kg 12.40 12.91 13.04 12.97 12.34 -4.87 -0.49
Choy sum kg 15.28 17.45 16.42 15.51 15.82 2.05 3.58 Chinese lettuce kg 11.11 12.16 12.74 11.75 11.00 -6.36 -1.01 Hairy gourd kg 11.01 9.82 10.63 10.77 11.15 3.45 1.24 Tomato kg 11.36 11.71 11.61 11.39 11.29 -0.87 -0.60 Carrot kg 10.40 10.39 10.49 10.24 9.99 -2.44 -3.95
a Starting from October 2009, the quality of rice surveyed is different.
- Absolute value equals zero
CHART 1 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00
November 2008 January 2009 March May July September November
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change
CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF 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 9.00 10.00 11.00
November 2008 January 2009 March May July September November
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change
CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF 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 9.00 10.00
November 2008 January 2009 March May July September November
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change
