CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OCTOBER/ 2010

Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

OCTOBER/ 2010

No.10

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Composite CPI (105.07) for October 2010 increased by 3.95% year-on-year, attributable to the price increase in Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Miscellaneous Goods & Services and Clothing &

Footwear. Analyzed by section of goods and services, Clothing & Footwear (+8.25%); Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+6.77%); Health (+5.45%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+5.35%); and Transport (+4.76%) recorded notable increase on account of dearer prices of men’s clothing, women’s footwear, gold jewellery, gasoline, fresh seafood and vegetables, as well as higher charges for out- patient medical services and meals bought away from home.

Meanwhile, reduced charges for mobile phone services caused the price index of Communication to fall by 3.59% year-on-year.

The CPI-A (104.60) and CPI-B (105.19) for October 2010 increased by 3.69% and 4.08% year- on-year respectively.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for October 2010 105.07 104.60 105.19

Year-on-year change % 3.95 3.69 4.08

Annualized change % 2.21 1.56 2.38

Month-to-month change % 0.39 0.34 0.39

Year-on-year change for the first

ten months of 2010 % 2.58 2.01 2.76

The Composite CPI for October 2010 increased by 0.39% month-to-month, with the price indices of Clothing & Footwear; and Transport rising by 2.12% and 0.95% respectively on account of rising prices of new arrivals of Autumn and Winter clothing and gasoline. However, price index of Recreation & Culture fell by 0.92% due to lower charges for outbound package tours.

The average Composite CPI for the first ten months of 2010 increased by 2.58% year-on-year.

For the 12 months ended October 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 2.21% from the preceding period.

The 2008/2009-based Composite CPI 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.

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

% Year-on-year change Month-to-month

change Annualized change

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

Global Index 3.95 3.69 4.08 0.39 0.34 0.39 2.21 1.56 2.38 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 5.35 5.41 5.35 0.36 0.39 0.33 4.52 4.66 4.49 31.15 43.95 28.90 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.49 0.50 0.52 0^# 0^# 0^# 6.93 7.45 7.09 0.01 0.02 0.01 Clothing & Footwear 8.25 7.72 7.85 2.12 2.07 2.00 7.46 7.61 7.40 37.84 30.31 40.39 Housing & Fuels 1.20 1.26 1.17 0.24 0.24 0.25 -0.38 -0.71 -0.56 13.37 17.76 12.57 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.69 2.01 1.44 0.11 0.13 0.11 1.16 1.13 0.94 0.88 0.86 0.97 Health 5.45 5.59 5.85 0.15 0.20 0.13 3.88 3.92 4.21 1.12 1.63 0.99 Transport 4.76 4.36 5.28 0.95 0.87 1.05 6.02 4.97 6.47 18.95 14.20 21.39 Communication -3.59 -3.42 -3.69 -0^# -0^# -0^# -3.22 -3.06 -3.32 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 Recreation & Culture 4.05 4.35 4.11 -0.92 -0.85 -0.93 3.83 4.28 3.65 -14.05 -11.96 -15.51

Education 1.24 2.19 1.16 - - - -10.68 -11.21 -9.81 - - -

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 6.77 5.20 6.79 0.49 0.18 0.44 5.76 4.70 5.73 10.75 3.26 10.32 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 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 100.23 97.19 99.34 95.04 99.05 99.26 98.68 102.82 97.32 97.41 119.84 99.78 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

2009

10 101.07 103.31 113.75 102.00 97.29 101.63 102.87 99.27 95.63 100.38 99.00 105.30 11 101.56 103.27 113.87 107.66 97.45 101.69 103.07 99.34 95.63 100.42 99.00 106.09 12 102.17 103.54 113.87 112.90 97.26 101.72 103.32 99.27 95.63 102.84 99.00 106.91

2010

1 102.14 104.19 113.90 109.69 97.19 101.90 104.04 100.52 92.51 101.74 99.00 107.36 2 103.27 105.92 114.14 106.72 97.53 101.94 103.91 101.53 92.45 108.13 99.01 110.24 3 103.01 106.59 114.18 105.66 97.66 102.16 104.30 101.92 92.42 102.14 99.01 108.59 4 103.68 107.26 114.23 110.16 97.78 102.48 104.64 102.76 92.39 102.49 99.01 108.76 5 104.06 107.48 114.27 113.64 98.02 102.78 105.44 101.19 92.26 103.47 99.01 109.44 6 104.39 107.63 114.33 114.13 98.28 102.85 105.79 102.85 92.30 103.47 99.01 110.01 7 104.61 107.91 114.22 111.76 98.26 102.93 107.41 103.35 92.28 106.17 99.01 110.58 8 104.38 107.81 114.25 108.10 98.00 103.05 107.77 103.32 92.20 107.64 99.02 110.76 9 104.66 108.45 114.30 108.13 98.22 103.23 108.31 103.01 92.20 105.41 100.23 111.88 10 105.07 108.83 114.31 110.42 98.46 103.35 108.47 103.99 92.19 104.44 100.23 112.43

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

2008 100.65 97.11 98.76 95.41 100.11 98.41 99.09 102.92 97.02 97.04 119.91 98.54 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 2009

10 100.89 103.39 114.24 102.49 97.28 102.00 103.65 97.51 95.63 100.86 98.40 104.31 11 101.22 103.31 114.37 108.17 97.49 102.06 103.83 97.63 95.63 100.88 98.40 104.64 12 101.64 103.58 114.37 113.40 97.31 102.08 104.15 97.50 95.63 102.79 98.40 105.06 2010

1 101.66 104.30 114.41 110.03 97.27 102.30 104.75 98.64 92.62 101.87 98.40 105.29 2 103.00 106.27 114.69 107.08 97.68 102.36 104.67 99.46 92.57 108.80 98.41 109.59 3 102.80 106.86 114.73 105.87 97.81 102.56 104.92 100.12 92.55 102.92 98.41 106.83 4 103.36 107.51 114.77 110.12 97.93 102.94 105.22 101.02 92.53 103.20 98.41 106.95 5 103.61 107.64 114.80 113.64 98.15 103.29 105.84 99.21 92.42 103.89 98.41 107.30 6 103.85 107.75 114.85 114.07 98.40 103.39 106.14 100.72 92.45 103.70 98.41 107.55 7 104.06 108.04 114.72 112.00 98.38 103.50 108.20 101.07 92.43 105.95 98.41 108.09 8 103.81 107.88 114.75 108.34 98.06 103.65 108.59 100.83 92.36 107.45 98.43 108.22 9 104.25 108.57 114.80 108.17 98.27 103.91 109.23 100.89 92.36 106.15 100.56 109.54 10 104.60 108.99 114.80 110.41 98.50 104.05 109.44 101.76 92.36 105.25 100.56 109.74

5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

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

2008 100.12 97.22 98.67 94.89 99.28 98.83 98.09 103.65 97.38 97.90 117.68 99.69 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 2009

10 101.06 103.27 113.37 101.85 97.23 101.38 102.48 98.68 95.50 100.63 98.62 105.24 11 101.60 103.29 113.48 107.38 97.36 101.43 102.70 98.77 95.50 100.65 98.62 105.99 12 102.26 103.56 113.49 112.42 97.16 101.47 102.93 98.67 95.49 103.09 98.62 106.82

2010

1 102.20 104.17 113.51 109.32 97.08 101.61 103.78 100.02 92.29 101.89 98.62 107.30 2 103.28 105.78 113.72 106.40 97.38 101.61 103.59 100.96 92.23 108.05 98.62 110.13 3 103.05 106.54 113.75 105.48 97.51 101.78 104.12 101.63 92.20 102.24 98.62 108.58 4 103.81 107.22 113.82 110.24 97.64 102.05 104.53 102.71 92.17 102.65 98.62 108.74 5 104.24 107.49 113.89 113.91 97.89 102.31 105.53 100.92 92.04 103.71 98.62 109.41 6 104.60 107.65 113.95 114.37 98.15 102.39 105.95 102.67 92.08 103.78 98.62 109.99 7 104.77 107.88 113.85 111.78 98.12 102.47 107.48 103.00 92.06 106.49 98.62 110.56 8 104.52 107.84 113.90 107.87 97.90 102.55 107.83 102.89 91.98 107.89 98.63 110.72 9 104.78 108.44 113.96 107.69 98.12 102.73 108.33 102.81 91.97 105.74 99.76 111.90 10 105.19 108.80 113.96 109.85 98.37 102.84 108.47 103.89 91.97 104.76 99.76 112.38

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6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

Average retail price (MOP

2009 2010

Item Unit

October July August September October

Year-on- year

Thai rice (packaged) 10.11 11.05 11.15 11.11 11.13 0.11 10.05

Beef 71.31 70.72 71.43 71.17 71.96 1.12 0.92

Beef shin 67.08 68.04 69.18 69.56 69.42 -0.20 3.49

Lean meat 51.95 51.48 51.95 51.66 51.91 0.48 -0.07

Pork chop 52.42 51.83 51.83 52.04 52.65 1.16 0.43

Chicken 33.77 34.12 34.00 34.10 34.00 -0.28 0.70

Golden thread 70.69 64.54 63.00 64.63 66.39 2.72 -6.09 Pomfret 138.84 133.20 126.63 133.11 146.56 10.10 5.56

Sole 138.24 135.71 145.45 152.80 157.36 2.98 13.83

Grass carp kg 36.11 35.16 35.95 35.92 35.91 -0.01 -0.55 Head of “Tai U” 51.99 49.82 50.25 51.48 51.24 -0.47 -1.44 Fresh-water perch 75.44 77.09 75.87 76.67 75.27 -1.83 -0.23

Chinese cabbage 12.97 14.16 12.79 13.77 14.79 7.42 14.07

Choy sum 15.51 19.12 17.48 18.02 18.69 3.71 20.50

Chinese lettuce 11.75 12.91 11.68 13.28 15.40 15.96 31.07

Hairy gourd 10.77 10.62 9.73 10.87 12.80 17.76 18.84

Tomato 11.39 11.35 10.94 11.51 12.94 12.38 13.57

Carrot 10.24 10.18 9.98 10.39 10.88 4.70 6.28

Banana 7.66 7.70 7.69 7.70 7.70 - 0.57

Orange 4.11 3.72 3.81 4.10 4.19 2.21 2.12

Apple each 3.91 3.39 3.48 4.00 4.25 6.25 8.71

Hen egg 1.11 1.14 1.13 1.13 1.12 -0.95 0.32

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed - 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

October 2009 December February 2010 April June August October

% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change

CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE 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

October 2009 December February 2010 April June August October

% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF THE 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

October 2009 December February 2010 April June August October

% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change

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The following statistical tables are available for download from our 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

8G - Changes of the Quarterly Composite CPI by Section 8A - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-A by Section

8B - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-B by Section