CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
FEBRUARY / 2004
No. 2
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
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Since January 2001, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been calculated using October 1999 to September 2000 as the base period. The consumption pattern has been derived from the Household Budget Survey 98/99. In this CPI series, housing rent includes both private and welfare housing. Furthermore, CPI(A) represents 54% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP3,000 to MOP9,999 and CPI(B) accounts for 26% of the households with an average monthly expenditure of MOP10,000 to MOP19,999.
TABLE 1：CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — FEBRUARY 2004
10/1999 – 9/2000 = 100 Unit Composite
CPI CPI(A) CPI(B)
Monthly index 93.60 95.18 93.21
Annual rate of change ended in February 2004 % -1.39 -1.00 -1.50
Month-to-month rate of change % 0.01 0.39 0.02
Year-on-year rate of change % -0.39 0.38 -0.53
o : Less than half of the unit employed
CHART 1 – MONTHLY RATES OF CHANGE OF COMPOSITE CPI BY SECTION
%
Global index +0.01%
Composite CPI of February 2004 was 93.60, a slight increase of 0.01% over the previous month. Due to rising prices in fresh vegetables, fish and other seafood, fruit and the price increase in eggs caused by the impact of bird flu found in the neighbouring areas, coupled with the salary increase of domestic helpers, the indices of
FOODSTUFFS AND BEVERAGES and HOUSEHOLD GOODS rose 1.38% and 1.36% respectively. On theother hand, falling prices in hairdressing, outbound package tours and air fares after the Lunar New Year, led to significant decreases in the indices of OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES (-4.67%) and TRANSPORT AND
COMMUNICATIONS (-1.65%).Composite CPI fell 0.39% in February 2004 compared with the same month of 2003. The annual rate of change of the Composite CPI ending in February 2004 decreased 1.39%, yet the decline has narrowed since October 2002. The Composite CPI for the period between January and February 2004 also dropped 0.65% compared with the same period of 2003.
CPI(A) and CPI(B) increased 0.39% and 0.02% respectively compared with January 2004.
Other goods and services -4.67 Transport and communications -1.65 Clothing and footwear -1.19 Education and leisure -0.20 Foodstuffs and beverages 1.38
Household goods 1.36
Rent and housing expenses 0.18 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages 0.18
Health 0.04
TABLE 2 ：TIME SERIES OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
10/1999 – 9/2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuffs and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.35 5.26 29.93 1.23 3.22 2.42 9.81 10.89 5.89
2003
February 93.97 95.26 73.11 93.53 105.21 88.44 101.07 95.30 98.17 95.77
March 93.82 95.49 70.53 93.50 105.28 88.10 101.06 94.68 98.18 95.57
April 93.84r 94.98 71.71 94.12r 105.31 88.03 101.13 94.18 98.17 95.43
May 93.77 94.99 73.00 93.84 105.20 87.88 101.02 93.99 98.09 95.02
June 93.57 94.76 73.03 93.53 105.11 87.63 101.07 93.83 98.02 94.81
July 92.71 94.49 70.72 92.27 104.98 87.59 101.03 93.38 97.83 91.36
August 92.74 94.45 68.46 92.21 104.92 87.45 100.62 94.13 97.62 93.73
September 93.24 95.74 67.66 92.13 105.13 88.92 100.51 93.91 98.62 94.24
October 93.22 94.98 69.90 92.13 105.01 88.63 100.61 94.28 98.69 95.32
November 93.12 94.68 71.67 92.04 105.05 88.63 100.61 93.75 98.69 95.05
December 93.08 94.80 71.04 91.73 105.03 88.47 100.49 94.43 98.63 95.04
2004
January 93.59 95.48 69.98 91.66 104.97 88.55 100.66 95.67 98.89 98.65
February 93.60 96.79 69.15 91.82 105.16 89.76 100.70 94.09 98.69 94.04
r : Rectified data
TABLE 3 ：PRINCIPAL RATES OF CHANGE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AT SECTION LEVEL OF GOODS AND SERVICES
% Rates of change
Jan. – Feb. 2004/
Jan. – Feb. 2003 Feb. 2004/ Feb. 2003 Feb. 2004/ Jan. 2004
Contribution to rate of change in global index Goods and services
Composite
CPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CompositeCPI CPI(A) CPI(B)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Global index -0.65 0.07 -0.79 -0.39 0.38 -0.53 0.01 0.39 0.02 100.00 100.00 100.00 Foodstuffs and beverages 0.88 1.20 0.74 1.61 2.08 1.42 1.38 1.64 1.29 3552.04 147.46 2018.40 Clothing and footwear -6.48 -5.30 -6.75 -5.42 -4.18 -5.65 -1.19 -1.42 -1.01 -377.40 -9.03 -228.46 Rent and housing expenses -1.80 -0.51 -2.07 -1.82 -0.55 -2.09 0.18 0.23 0.18 425.95 19.04 229.12 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages -0.18 -0.21 -0.16 -0.06 -0.08 -0.05 0.18 0.18 0.16 19.58 0.76 11.24 Household goods 0.83 -0.74 0.72 1.49 -0.55 1.36 1.36 0.52 1.34 335.29 1.82 216.88
Health -0.48 -0.38 -0.41 -0.36 -0.26 -0.31 0.04 0.10 0.06 8.08 0.66 6.57
Transport and communications -0.73 -0.89 -0.95 -1.27 -1.21 -1.39 -1.65 -0.85 -0.91 -1336.94 -17.16 -454.53 Education and leisure 0.58 1.06 0.35 0.53 0.98 0.32 -0.20 -0.18 -0.27 -186.05 -6.15 -155.53 Other goods and services -2.06 -2.66 -1.27 -1.81 -2.36 -1.10 -4.67 -4.18 -4.58 -2340.56 -37.42 -1543.69 o : Less than half of the unit employed
TABLE 4 ：TIME SERIES OF CPI (A)
10/1999 – 9/2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuffs and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 35.05 3.34 32.88 1.48 1.47 2.33 7.91 12.16 3.38
2003
February 94.82 94.55 72.98 93.80 105.40 89.81 102.27 94.65 101.85 96.65
March 94.78 94.85 70.73 93.76 105.43 89.32 102.26 94.05 101.85 96.42
April 94.89r 94.25 71.72 94.74r 105.46 89.16 102.35 93.72 101.84 96.40
May 94.76 94.24 72.38 94.38 105.36 88.87 102.34 93.64 101.80 96.06
June 94.63 94.03 72.41 94.28 105.28 88.54 102.40 93.50 101.73 95.93
July 94.11 93.78 70.41 93.82 105.14 88.48 102.35 92.95 101.61 91.41
August 94.18 93.95 68.61 93.76 105.08 88.33 101.80 93.42 101.49 93.86
September 94.90 95.59 67.86 93.67 105.27 89.17 101.78 93.33 102.88 94.59
October 94.65 94.58 70.32 93.58 105.18 88.93 101.90 93.51 102.90 95.82
November 94.46 94.03 72.35 93.46 105.22 88.89 101.91 93.23 102.90 95.45
December 94.40 94.17 72.04 93.15 105.19 88.68 101.80 93.56 102.83 95.15
2004
January 94.80 94.95 70.93 93.07 105.13 88.85 101.90 94.31 103.04 98.48
February 95.18 96.51 69.92 93.28 105.32 89.31 102.01 93.50 102.85 94.37
r : Rectified data
TABLE 5 ：TIME SERIES OF CPI (B)
10/1999 – 9/2000 = 100
Period Global index
Foodstuffs and beverages
Clothing and footwear
Rent and housing expenses
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Household
goods Health
Transport and communi-
cations
Education and leisure
Other goods and
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weight 100.00 31.50 6.22 27.13 1.26 3.51 2.16 10.13 11.54 6.55
2003
February 93.71 95.41 73.33 94.12 105.28 88.66 101.58 94.61 96.26 95.12
March 93.50 95.61 70.66 94.09 105.36 88.33 101.55 93.92 96.23 95.00
April 93.44r 95.11 71.78 94.38r 105.38 88.26 101.61 93.43 96.21 94.96
May 93.36 95.14 72.57 94.08 105.28 88.04 101.54 93.28 96.14 94.67
June 93.13 94.89 72.48 93.78 105.19 87.81 101.58 93.00 96.09 94.31
July 92.34 94.59 70.35 92.61 105.07 87.74 101.55 92.23 95.90 92.10
August 92.35 94.50 68.58 92.55 105.02 87.63 101.11 92.96 95.68 94.07
September 92.77 95.63 67.64 92.47 105.21 89.05 101.02 92.84 96.49 94.42
October 92.78 94.98 69.83 92.45 105.08 88.80 101.13 93.05 96.55 95.25
November 92.74 94.77 71.58 92.36 105.12 88.78 101.12 92.74 96.54 94.94
December 92.66 94.88 70.91 92.06 105.11 88.61 100.99 93.09 96.47 94.84
2004
January 93.19 95.54 69.89 91.99 105.05 88.68 101.21 94.15 96.83 98.59
February 93.21 96.76 69.19 92.15 105.22 89.86 101.27 93.29 96.57 94.07
r : Rectified data
TABLE 6 ：AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
MOP Average retail prices
2003 2004
Items Unit
February September October November December January February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rice
Packaged rice from Thailand kg 5.29 5.83 6.14 6.16 6.22 6.22 6.16
Salt-water fish, fresh
Golden thread kg 30.32 30.13 29.38 29.69 32.59 29.84 33.20
Promfret kg 72.49 66.16 71.31 67.83 64.89 70.52 69.91
Sole kg 84.42 87.10 85.29 88.73 83.37 74.92 82.11
Fresh-water fish, fresh
Grass carp kg 19.08 18.98 18.87 18.76 18.72 18.61 18.61
Snake head kg 21.35 21.63 21.53 21.44 21.44 21.29 22.09
Head of big head fish kg 34.00 32.82 32.82 32.93 33.25 32.75 32.70
Fresh pork
Lean cut kg 30.22 30.22 30.22 30.22 30.22 30.20 30.22
Pork chop kg 29.75 29.75 29.75 29.75 29.75 29.75 29.28
Fresh beef
Shin beef kg 38.72 38.72 38.61 38.25 38.25 38.32 38.25
Beef kg 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.20 39.22 39.20
Live poultry
Chicken kg 25.74 25.50 25.50 25.50 25.27 25.62 …a
Duck kg 19.17 18.84 18.84 18.84 18.84 18.84 …a
Fresh vegetable
White cabbage kg 6.18 9.79 7.32 5.25 5.05 5.36 7.01
Flowering cabbage kg 7.22 10.84 8.10 6.80 6.82 7.48 9.45
Chinese lettuce kg 5.16 10.10 7.11 5.05 4.43 4.99 5.05
Broccoli kg 21.80 25.95 15.09 12.93 11.65 11.20 11.91
Tomato kg 6.22 7.00 6.92 6.95 6.93 6.88 6.43
Potato kg 6.11 5.60 5.88 5.67 5.84 6.27 6.17
Onion kg 7.35 7.25 7.19 6.93 6.68 7.20 7.99
Fresh fruit
Orange each 2.38 2.77 2.87 2.82 2.91 3.07 3.12
Apple each 2.64 2.61 2.73 2.78 2.66 2.87 2.91
Banana kg 6.83 6.89 7.07 6.85 6.76 6.85 6.86
Egg
Hen egg each 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.66 0.66 0.95
a No live poultry imported in February.
CHART 2 – MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CHART 3 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(A)
CHART 4 – MOVEMENTS OF CPI(B) -3.00
-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
February 2003 April June August October December February 2004
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
February 2003 April June August October December February 2004
%
Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
-3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00
February 2003 April June August October December February 2004
% Rate of change compared with preceding month
Rate of change compared with same month of previous year
The following statistical tables can be downloaded from our website
1G - Time series of the Composite Consumer Price Index 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 Consumer Price Index 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 - Average rates of change in the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level during the last 12 months
3A - Average rates of change in CPI(A) at section level during the last 12 months 3B - Average rates of change in CPI(B) at section level during the last 12 months
4G - Index and principal rates of change of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4A - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(A) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
4B - Index and principal rates of change of CPI(B) at section, class and group levels of goods and services
5 - Average retail prices of selected food items
7G - Movements of the Composite Consumer Price Index at section level 7A - Movements of CPI(A) at section level
7B - Movements of CPI(B) at section level
