CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
OCTOBER / 2011
No.10
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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Composite CPI (112.12) for October 2011 increased by 6.71% year-on-year. The increment was attributable to rising charges for meals bought away from home and dearer prices of gasoline.
For the 12 months ended October 2011, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.34% from the previous period; the CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 5.01% and 5.52%
respectively.
In comparison with October 2010, significant increase was observed in the price index of Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+10.03%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+9.75%);
and Transport (+9.23%) on account of dearer prices of gasoline, gold jewellery, fresh fish and fresh pork, as well as rising charges for meals bought away from home. On the contrary, price index of Communication decreased by 14.00% year-on-year. The CPI-A (111.32) and CPI-B (112.47) for October 2011 increased by 6.42% and 6.93% respectively.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index value for October 2011 112.12 111.32 112.47
Year-on-year change % 6.71 6.42 6.93
Annualized change % 5.34 5.01 5.52
Month-to-month change % 0.58 0.59 0.56 Year-on-year change for the
first ten months of 2011 % 5.62 5.28 5.81
CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI
0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00
Oct. 2010 Dec. 2010 Feb. 2011 Apr. 2011 Jun. 2011 Aug. 2011 Oct. 2011
%
Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B1
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The Composite CPI for October 2011 increased by 0.58% month-to-month, of which the price index of Clothing & Footwear rose by 2.08% upon new arrival of men and women’s clothings. However, price index of Recreation & Culture and Transport decreased by 0.55% and 0.33% respectively. The CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.59% and 0.56%
respectively month-to-month.
The average Composite CPI for the first ten months of 2011 increased by 5.62% year- on-year; the CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 5.28% and 5.81% 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
%
Year-on-year change Month-to-month change Annualized changeContribution 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 6.71 6.42 6.93 0.58 0.59 0.56 5.34 5.01 5.52 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 9.75 9.87 9.74 0.77 0.79 0.74 7.17 7.13 7.26 49.29 59.15 47.37 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.56 0.30 0.92 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.29 0.18 0.45 0.10 0.08 0.15 Clothing & Footwear 6.95 7.00 7.20 2.08 1.90 1.95 6.43 6.18 6.21 7.35 5.54 8.28 Housing & Fuels 4.68 4.32 4.98 0.82 0.80 0.83 3.12 3.03 3.20 14.90 17.25 13.96 Household Goods & Furnishings 5.49 5.49 5.36 0.23 0.24 0.19 4.16 4.22 4.03 2.51 1.86 2.73 Health 6.37 6.15 7.05 0.80 0.68 0.99 6.09 6.35 6.47 2.84 2.72 3.05 Transport 9.23 9.04 10.00 -0.33 -0.26 -0.42 8.70 8.34 9.52 10.72 7.92 11.46 Communication -14.00 -14.08 -14.46 0# 0# 0# -8.90 -8.70 -9.17 -6.45 -8.17 -6.06 Recreation & Culture 5.13 5.34 5.16 -0.55 -0.68 -0.48 4.69 5.05 4.78 4.50 3.94 4.79 Education 1.92 3.21 1.85 0.01 0.01 0.01 1.42 2.46 1.33 1.40 1.92 1.27 Miscellaneous Goods & Services 10.03 8.00 9.79 0.24 0.10 0.22 8.63 7.11 8.51 12.83 7.79 12.99 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
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 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
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
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 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
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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE 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
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
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 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
Average retail price (MOP)
2010 2011 Rate of change (%)
Item Unit
October July August September October Month-to- month
Year-on- year
Thai rice 11.13 11.89 11.92 11.86 11.93 0.54 7.20
Beef 71.96 82.70 85.19 88.90 93.92 5.64 30.51
Beef shin 69.42 79.75 82.27 84.57 89.26 5.54 28.57
Lean meat 51.91 59.33 62.53 63.22 63.16 -0.09 21.67
Pork chop 52.65 60.98 63.23 63.52 63.40 -0.19 20.42
Chicken 34.00 37.72 38.02 38.02 38.25 0.62 12.50
Golden thread 66.39 74.74 70.29 75.31 80.28 6.61 20.93
Pomfret 146.56 171.29 170.80 167.83 150.08 -10.58 2.41
Sole 157.36 201.18 168.60 170.88 192.56 12.69 22.37
Grass carp kg 35.91 43.10 42.26 42.73 44.21 3.47 23.12 Head of “Tai U” 51.24 63.49 64.18 68.22 68.21 -0.01 33.12 Fresh-water perch 75.27 84.69 84.45 86.93 86.09 -0.97 14.37 Chinese cabbage 14.79 13.56 13.38 13.32 14.30 7.34 -3.31
Choy sum 18.69 18.03 17.81 17.35 18.29 5.40 -2.15
Chinese lettuce 15.40 12.75 12.58 12.74 13.71 7.66 -10.94
Hairy gourd 12.80 11.60 12.23 12.46 13.44 7.86 5.00
Tomato 12.94 12.02 11.45 11.82 12.13 2.56 -6.28
Carrot 10.88 10.89 10.75 11.32 11.52 1.81 5.90
Banana 7.70 8.80 8.80 8.80 8.80 - 14.29
Orange 4.19 4.06 3.98 4.27 4.22 -1.13 0.64
Apple each 4.25 3.82 3.92 4.11 4.12 0.21 -3.20
Hen egg 1.12 1.18 1.18 1.19 1.19 - 6.06
- Absolute value equals zero MOP : Macao Pataca
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
