CONSUMER PRICE INDEXJANUARY / 2006No. 1

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

JANUARY / 2006

No. 1

Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.

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Starting from January 2006, information on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) series is rebased to July 2004 - June 2005. Similar to the previous series, apart from the compilation of the Composite CPI that reflects the impacts of price changes for the general population, two indices are compiled to show the influences of price changes for households in different expenditure ranges. 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 2004/2005-based Composite CPI for January 2006 was 106.37, up by 0.58% over the previous month. The increment was attributable to the rising charges in hairdressing services before the Chinese New Year, price increases in outbound package tours; fish and seafood; meals bought away from home; and fruit during the Chinese New Year holidays, as well as the further increase in gasoline prices. As a result, the indices of Recreation & culture, Miscellaneous goods &

services went up by 1.70% and 1.38%; Food & non-alcoholic beverages and Transport rose by 0.83% each. However, price reductions in winter clothing led to a 2.58% decrease in the indice of Clothing & footwear.

As a consequence of the Chinese New Year that took place in January this year, Composite CPI for January 2006 registered a notable year-on-year increase of 5.88%. For the 12 months ended January 2006, the average Composite CPI rose by 4.67% over the previous period.

Compared with December 2005, CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.53% and 0.60% respectively.

TABLE 1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JANUARY 2006

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100 Unit Composite

CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index of the current month 106.37 106.96 106.17

Annual rate of change ended January 2006 % 4.67 4.80 4.44

Month-to-month rate of change % 0.58 0.53 0.60

Year-on-year rate of change % 5.88 6.24 5.54

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

%

Overall index +0.58%

Recreation and culture 1.70 Miscellaneous goods and services 1.38 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 0.83

Transport 0.83

Housing and fuels 0.77

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 0.28

Communication 0.14

Health 0.14

Clothing and footwear -2.58 Household goods and furnishings -0.02

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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

1 100.47 101.19 100.11 106.39 102.75 100.09 99.76 100.16 98.70 101.12 98.45 99.20

2 101.31 102.44 100.11 103.22 103.32 100.80 99.82 102.52 98.70 104.57 98.45 100.69

3 101.36 103.16 100.16 101.00 104.13 100.91 99.82 101.93 98.70 100.41 98.45 98.92

4 101.17 101.98 100.14 101.68 104.79 100.95 99.94 101.81 98.69 100.14 98.45 98.78

5 101.72 102.83 100.10 102.57 105.83 100.92 99.97 101.05 98.68 99.83 98.45 98.77

6 102.75 103.91 100.16 104.64 107.81 101.01 100.02 101.22 98.69 100.45 98.45 98.56

7 103.42 104.55 100.21 103.50 109.08 100.99 100.00 101.92 98.69 102.86 98.54 98.44

8 103.89 103.68 100.14 102.04 111.33 101.10 99.98 103.55 98.69 103.89 98.54 98.73

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

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

%

Rates of change

Jan.-Jan. 2006/

Jan.-Jan. 2005 Jan. 2006/ Jan. 2005 Jan. 2006/ Dec. 2005

Rate of change to the overall index Goods and services

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 5.88 6.24 5.54 5.88 6.24 5.54 0.58 0.53 0.60 100.00 100.00 100.00

Food and non-alcoholic beverages 3.77 3.93 3.75 3.77 3.93 3.75 0.83 0.71 0.91 40.80 43.55 44.97 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 4.53 4.66 4.58 4.53 4.66 4.58 0.28 0.31 0.29 0.50 0.77 0.48 Clothing anf footwear -6.18 -7.32 -5.73 -6.18 -7.32 -5.73 -2.58 -2.65 -2.59 -20.26 -14.16 -20.98

Housing and fuels 12.34 11.06 12.25 12.34 11.06 12.25 0.77 0.66 0.75 31.27 35.20 27.82

Household goods and furnishings 1.15 1.03 1.17 1.15 1.03 1.17 -0.02 0.04 0.02 -0.08 0.09 0.07

Health 1.39 1.64 1.59 1.39 1.64 1.59 0.14 0.20 0.11 0.69 1.01 0.50

Transport 3.80 3.55 5.06 3.80 3.55 5.06 0.83 0.80 0.88 9.87 7.10 9.41

Communication 0.11 0.17 -0.06 0.11 0.17 -0.06 0.14 0.18 -0.03 1.03 1.67 -0.23

Recreation and culture 2.60 2.53 2.85 2.60 2.53 2.85 1.70 1.08 1.84 16.90 8.71 17.18

Education 9.31 10.59 7.97 9.31 10.59 7.97 - - - -

Miscellaneous goods and services 2.61 2.21 2.46 2.61 2.21 2.46 1.38 1.63 1.43 19.27 16.06 20.78

- Absolute value equals zero

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TABLE 4 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-A

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Month

Overall index

Alcoholic beverages

and tobacco

Housing and fuels

Education

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

1 100.68 100.85 100.26 107.00 103.32 100.52 99.67 99.98 98.77 101.23 97.76 99.80

2 101.46 102.31 100.27 103.45 103.80 100.75 99.74 101.59 98.77 103.79 97.76 101.23

3 101.71 103.20 100.30 101.16 104.30 100.87 99.73 101.61 98.77 100.66 97.76 99.48

4 101.32 101.63 100.30 101.35 104.77 100.93 99.84 101.75 98.76 100.48 97.76 99.74

5 101.98 102.70 100.24 102.38 105.72 100.82 99.87 101.15 98.75 100.16 97.76 99.71

6 102.93 104.01 100.31 104.16 107.12 100.96 99.93 101.23 98.76 100.24 97.76 99.52

7 103.71 104.75 100.37 102.94 108.49 101.01 99.91 101.79 98.76 103.22 97.79 99.42

8 104.13 103.67 100.29 101.50 110.96 101.22 99.89 103.06 98.76 103.68 97.79 99.51

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

TABLE 5 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-B

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100

Year/

Month

Overall index

Alcoholic beverages

and tobacco

Housing and fuels

Education

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

1 100.59 101.31 100.15 105.69 102.71 100.13 99.71 99.62 98.57 101.15 98.84 99.46

2 101.37 102.46 100.15 102.51 103.26 100.79 99.77 101.32 98.57 104.66 98.84 101.03

3 101.40 103.09 100.20 100.25 104.06 100.89 99.77 102.21 98.57 100.65 98.84 99.14

4 101.25 102.06 100.18 101.02 104.71 100.96 99.90 102.60 98.56 100.25 98.84 98.73

5 101.76 102.83 100.14 101.80 105.73 100.94 99.93 101.91 98.54 100.26 98.84 98.74

6 102.73 103.82 100.19 104.02 107.62 101.06 99.98 102.02 98.55 101.12 98.84 98.56

7 103.37 104.42 100.23 102.91 108.95 100.95 99.97 102.75 98.56 103.18 98.94 98.45

8 103.83 103.63 100.17 101.62 111.26 101.08 99.95 104.45 98.56 104.34 98.94 98.73

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

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TABLE 6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

MOP

Average retail prices

2005 2006

Items Unit

January August September October November December January

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rice

Rice – Thailand (pre-packaged,

ordinary) kg 5.85 5.85 6.02 5.84 5.93 5.94 6.01

Fresh beef

Beef kg 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.72 38.69 38.84 39.20

Shin beef kg 37.78 37.78 37.78 37.78 37.71 38.02 38.72

Fresh pork

Lean meat kg 34.95 34.95 34.95 34.95 34.95 34.95 34.95

Pork chop kg 35.42 35.89 35.89 35.89 35.89 35.89 35.89

Live poultry

Chicken kg 25.74 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.45 26.56

Fresh salt-water fish

Golden thread kg 33.66 31.59 32.56 31.18 33.58 35.88 33.65

Promfret kg 65.08 72.04 69.27 65.63 62.00 59.69 64.41

Sole kg 72.14 79.05 76.53 74.51 67.63 70.11 64.38

Fresh fresh-water fish

Grass carp kg 19.24 21.82 21.53 21.01 20.94 20.77 21.15

Head of “Tai U” kg 33.30 36.48 37.38 37.28 37.37 37.64 37.96

Fresh-water perch kg 39.83 48.36 …

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52.74 Egg

Hen egg each 0.66 0.69 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70

Fruit

Orange each 2.97 2.68 2.75 2.73 2.59 2.68 3.01

Banana kg 6.49 6.60 6.62 6.60 6.64 6.68 6.76

Apple each 2.33 2.33 2.48 2.51 2.55 2.58 2.56

Vegetable

Chinese cabbage kg 5.94 8.49 9.48 8.57 6.79 6.87 6.57

Choy sum kg 8.14 11.24 11.03 10.38 9.30 9.70 8.63

Chinese lettuce kg 5.42 8.73 9.63 8.59 6.97 7.07 6.15

Hairy gourd kg 7.56 6.53 6.43 7.35 7.45 7.72 7.67

Tomato kg 7.13 8.04 7.53 8.21 8.30 8.05 7.64

Carrot kg 7.20 7.84 7.35 7.20 7.39 7.81 7.00

a. No imports were recorded during the period.

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CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A

CHART 4 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B

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0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00

January 2005 March May July September November January 2006

% 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

%

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

% 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 rates of change in the Composite CPI 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 - Year-on-year rates of change in the Composite CPI at section level 3A - Year-on-year rates of change in CPI-A at section level

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

4G - Average rates of change in the Composite CPI at section level during the last 12 months 4A - Average rates of change in CPI-A at section level during the last 12 months