Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
JUNE/ 2010
No.6
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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Composite CPI (104.39) for June 2010 increased by 2.68% year-on-year, attributable to the price increases of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages; Miscellaneous Goods & Services and Transport.
Analyzed by section of goods and services, Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+5.94%); Transport (+5.62%); Clothing & Footwear (+5.36%), Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+4.49%) and Recreation & Culture (+3.87%) recorded notable increases on account of dearer prices of gold jewellery, airfare, gasoline, men’s clothing, fresh fish and seafood, and vegetables together with rising charges for meals bought away from home and outbound package tours.
As for other sections, apart from the 9.81% decrease of the price index of Education, lower charges for mobile phone services drove the price index of Communication down by 3.48%.
The CPI-A (103.85) and CPI-B (104.60) for June 2010 increased by 2.03% and 2.91% year-on- year respectively.
1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B
Index value for June 2010 104.39 103.85 104.60
Year-on-year change % 2.68 2.03 2.91
Annualized change % 0.97 0.26 1.12
Month-to-month change % 0.32 0.23 0.34
Year-on-year change for the 1
stsemester of 2010
%2.09 1.44 2.26
The Composite CPI for June 2010 increased by 0.32% month-to-month, of which the price indices of Transport and Miscellaneous Goods & Services rose by 1.64% and 0.52% respectively, attributable to rising prices of gasoline and gold jewellery. However, price index of Recreation &
Culture fell slightly by 0.01% due to lower prices of audio-visual equipment.
The Composite CPI for the second quarter of 2010 increased by 2.67% over the same quarter of 2009, with marked increase in the price indices of Transport (+7.09%), Miscellaneous Goods &
Services (+5.62%) and Clothing & Footwear (+5.25%).
The average Composite CPI for the first half year of 2010 increased by 2.09% year-on-year.
For the 12 months ended June 2010, the average Composite CPI rose by 0.97% 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 2.68 2.03 2.91 0.32 0.23 0.34 0.97 0.26 1.12 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 4.49 4.44 4.53 0.14 0.11 0.15 3.90 3.97 3.90 15.10 17.56 15.15 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 0.85 0.78 0.82 0.05 0.04 0.06 11.49 12.54 11.82 0.19 0.30 0.20 Clothing & Footwear 5.36 5.86 5.92 0.42 0.38 0.40 6.90 6.98 6.92 9.74 8.66 9.72 Housing & Fuels 1.32 1.06 1.12 0.27 0.26 0.27 -1.53 -2.14 -1.74 17.89 29.22 15.36 Household Goods & Furnishings 1.41 1.28 1.15 0.07 0.10 0.08 1.17 1.34 1.06 0.69 0.92 0.78 Health 3.70 3.48 4.21 0.33 0.29 0.40 2.93 2.99 3.16 3.07 3.44 3.44 Transport 5.62 4.66 5.89 1.64 1.52 1.74 2.47 1.16 2.26 39.16 36.62 39.68 Communication -3.48 -3.33 -3.57 0.05 0.04 0.05 -2.70 -2.51 -2.81 0.45 0.64 0.40 Recreation & Culture 3.87 3.80 3.82 -0.01 -0.18 0.07 2.90 3.44 2.63 -0.10 -3.69 1.24
Education -9.81 -10.41 -8.97 - - - -13.42 -14.09 -12.44 - - -
Miscellaneous Goods & Services 5.94 4.77 5.92 0.52 0.24 0.53 4.94 4.46 4.89 13.81 6.34 14.03 - Absolute value equals zero
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
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
6 101.66 103.00 113.37 108.32 97.00 101.42 102.02 97.37 95.63 99.61 109.78 103.85 7 101.60 103.18 113.54 104.47 96.92 101.54 102.04 97.36 95.64 100.02 109.78 104.28 8 101.79 102.80 113.63 102.10 97.57 101.46 102.21 100.08 95.64 101.49 109.78 104.18 9 100.80 103.19 113.73 99.75 97.36 101.58 102.40 98.52 95.64 100.70 98.95 104.73 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
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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
6 101.78 103.17 113.96 107.75 97.38 102.09 102.57 96.23 95.63 99.91 109.85 102.66 7 101.67 103.26 114.14 104.22 97.13 102.09 102.58 96.00 95.64 99.97 109.85 103.26 8 101.81 102.85 114.24 102.22 97.79 101.88 102.86 98.62 95.64 100.80 109.86 103.20 9 100.70 103.28 114.24 99.99 97.35 101.95 103.07 97.23 95.64 100.99 98.35 104.08 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
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
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
6 101.64 102.98 113.02 107.97 97.06 101.22 101.67 96.97 95.49 99.95 108.34 103.84 7 101.55 103.17 113.18 104.15 96.96 101.33 101.71 96.61 95.51 100.30 108.34 104.23 8 101.69 102.75 113.29 101.89 97.54 101.23 101.79 99.63 95.51 101.81 108.34 104.11 9 100.77 103.14 113.36 99.65 97.31 101.35 102.01 98.05 95.51 100.96 98.56 104.69 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
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6 – AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
Average retail price (MOP
)2009 2010
Rate of change (%)Item Unit
June March April May June
Month-to-month Year-on-yearThai rice (packaged) 10.02 11.15 11.14 11.14 11.09 -0.45 10.71
Beef 71.75 71.77 72.60 72.61 71.99 -0.85 0.34
Beef shin 69.79 69.49 69.57 71.07 70.03 -1.46 0.35
Lean meat 52.77 52.36 51.95 52.07 51.55 -1.00 -2.33
Pork chop 53.25 52.01 51.83 51.59 52.07 0.92 -2.22
Chicken 33.77 34.12 33.83 33.77 34.06 0.87 0.87
Golden thread 71.07 63.47 59.90 56.57 59.13 4.51 -16.81 Pomfret 119.49 159.93 148.56 142.38 123.97 -12.93 3.74
Sole 141.68 144.30 174.95 150.60 160.44 6.54 13.24
Grass carp kg 35.94 36.71 35.82 35.43 35.22 -0.59 -2.01 Head of “Tai U” 49.89 53.44 51.10 51.16 50.80 -0.70 1.83 Fresh-water perch 78.39 75.73 74.46 75.08 75.48 0.54 -3.70 Chinese cabbage 13.01 13.26 12.71 12.81 12.78 -0.24 -1.77
Choy sum 15.96 17.91 18.10 17.24 17.09 -0.87 7.11
Chinese lettuce 10.87 9.98 9.17 9.87 11.98 21.34 10.24
Hairy gourd 11.03 12.05 12.45 11.11 10.34 -6.92 -6.22
Tomato 11.72 10.31 10.52 10.07 11.25 11.81 -3.95
Carrot 10.36 10.24 9.90 9.89 10.02 1.40 -3.20
Banana 7.80 7.79 7.70 7.70 7.70 - -1.24
Orange 4.82 4.55 4.19 3.96 3.92 -1.01 -18.78
Apple each 3.44 3.98 3.53 3.44 3.46 0.70 0.62
Hen egg 1.11 1.10 1.10 1.12 1.15 2.61 3.20
- Absolute value equals zero
7 – CHANGES OF THE QUARTERLY COMPOSITE CPI
4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100
Year/
Quarter
Golbal 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 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
1 101.27 101.33 99.91 99.63 99.19 101.21 101.18 94.03 95.64 100.91 113.90 102.81 2 101.34 102.51 108.93 107.02 97.38 101.35 101.84 95.50 95.63 99.34 109.78 103.58 3 101.40 103.05 113.63 102.11 97.28 101.52 102.22 98.65 95.64 100.73 106.17 104.40 4 101.60 103.37 113.83 107.52 97.33 101.68 103.09 99.29 95.63 101.21 99.00 106.10 2010
1 102.81 105.57 114.07 107.36 97.46 102.00 104.08 101.32 92.46 104.01 99.01 108.73 2 104.04 107.45 114.28 112.64 98.03 102.70 105.29 102.27 92.32 103.14 99.01 109.40 Rate of
change (%)
Quarter-to- 1.20 1.79 0.18 4.92 0.59 0.69 1.16 0.93 -0.15 -0.83 0# 0.62
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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
June 2009 August October December February 2010 April June
% 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
June 2009 August October December February 2010 April June
% 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
June 2009 August October December February 2010 April June
% Year-on-year change Month-to-month change
