CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL / 2007 No.4

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

APRIL / 2007

No.4

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The Composite CPI reflects the impacts of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 49% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP 3,000 to MOP 9,999, whereas the CPI-B relates to about 31% of households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP 10,000 to MOP 19,999.

The Composite CPI for April 2007 rose by 0.59% over March to 112.58. The increment was mainly attributable to the increases in the price indices of Housing & fuels; Food & non-alcoholic beverages; Recreation & culture; and Clothing

& footwear.

Compared with March 2007, the indices of Clothing & footwear; Recreation & culture; and Housing & fuels recorded notable increases of 1.67%, 1.45% and 1.11% respectively, on account of dearer prices in new arrivals of Summer clothing, higher charges for outbound package tours in the Easter holidays, as well as higher rental for housing. In addition, rising prices of gasoline and higher charges for meals bought away from home drove the indices of Transport; and Food &

non-alcoholic beverages up by 0.69% and 0.38% respectively.

On the other hand, the price index of Household goods and furnishings was the only section that recorded a decrease of 0.02%, as a result of lower prices of glassware and household utensils.

The Composite CPI for April 2007 registered a year-on-year increase of 4.67%. The average Composite CPI for January to April 2007 went up by 4.60% over the same period of 2006. For the 12 months ended April 2007, the average Composite CPI rose by 4.79% over the previous period.

In addition, the CPI-A and CPI-B for April 2007 were 113.95 and 112.23, up by 0.51% and 0.62% respectively compared with March.

TABLE 1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR APRIL 2007

7/2004 - 6/2005 = 100 Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B Index of the current month 112.58 113.95 112.23

Annual rate of change ended April 2007 % 4.79 5.32 4.63 Month-to-month rate of change % 0.59 0.51 0.62

Year-on-year rate of change % 4.67 5.08 4.57

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

Overall index +0.59%

Clothing and footwear 1.67 Recreation and culture 1.45 Housing and fuels 1.11 Transport 0.69 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 0.38 Health 0.26 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 0.18 Miscellaneous goods and services 0.06

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

2006

4 107.55 106.44 104.72 98.71 120.18 102.20 101.51 105.45 94.10 102.49 107.62 100.93 5 108.16 106.92 104.74 100.58 121.04 102.25 101.73 105.96 97.66 101.35 107.62 101.47 6 108.62 108.68 104.74 100.89 120.89 102.33 101.90 107.01 94.62 101.88 107.62 101.47 7 108.67 107.97 104.80 96.43 122.24 102.43 101.96 107.99 94.33 103.28 107.62 101.78 8 108.75 108.17 104.81 94.44 122.73 102.29 102.07 108.04 94.30 103.40 107.62 101.72 9 109.32 107.57 104.77 93.22 123.39 102.44 101.82 105.90 94.53 102.07 114.13 103.65 10 109.70 107.86 104.73 95.93 123.80 102.53 101.96 105.40 97.14 101.88 114.13 103.64 11 109.94 107.81 104.83 98.28 124.46 102.54 102.10 105.41 97.11 101.63 114.13 103.71 12 110.61 108.45 105.02 99.83 125.60 102.60 102.75 106.20 97.09 102.77 114.14 103.93

2007

1 110.44 109.50 104.99 99.10 124.78 103.14 102.97 105.43 93.48 101.65 114.14 104.04 2 112.03 111.73 105.02 97.05 126.77 103.29 103.20 106.18 93.49 108.50 114.14 105.50 3 111.91 112.41 105.02 94.85 127.90 103.88 103.35 105.65 93.49 102.17 114.15 104.73 4 112.58 112.84 105.21 96.44 129.32 103.86 103.61 106.38 93.49 103.65 114.15 104.79

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

%

Rates of change

Jan.-Apr. 2007/

Jan.-Apr. 2006 Apr. 2007/ Apr. 2006 Apr. 2007/ Mar. 2007

Contribution to monthly rate of change in

overall 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Overall index 4.60 4.98 4.50 4.67 5.08 4.57 0.59 0.51 0.62 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 5.63 5.69 5.62 6.01 5.99 6.01 0.38 0.19 0.49 18.81 12.11 24.04 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 0.36 0.39 0.36 0.47 0.51 0.47 0.18 0.19 0.17 0.30 0.47 0.26 Clothing and footwear -1.47 -1.88 -0.81 -2.30 -2.83 -1.54 1.67 1.85 1.42 11.19 8.84 9.88 Housing and fuels 7.82 7.03 7.61 7.61 6.82 7.35 1.11 1.21 1.09 46.67 68.86 41.36 Household goods and furnishings 1.58 2.06 1.78 1.63 1.97 1.76 -0.02 0.02 -0.03 -0.08 0.05 -0.11 Health 1.90 2.10 2.17 2.07 2.31 2.42 0.26 0.28 0.31 1.22 1.41 1.33 Transport 1.77 1.62 1.76 0.88 0.74 0.72 0.69 0.72 0.91 7.74 6.33 9.22

Communication -3.15 -3.21 -3.64 -0.65 -0.51 -1.40 - - - - - -

Recreation and culture 1.73 1.58 1.37 1.14 1.19 0.94 1.45 0.21 1.53 13.35 1.69 13.19

Education 6.07 7.00 5.81 6.07 7.00 5.80 - - - - - -

Miscellaneous goods and services 3.62 4.04 3.83 3.83 4.22 4.07 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.79 0.24 0.82 - Absolute value equals zero

o

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 32.83 1.34 2.93 26.07 1.33 2.76 4.82 5.12 4.41 12.88 5.50

2006

4 108.44 106.28 105.01 98.51 119.59 102.16 101.65 105.05 93.79 103.22 108.13 101.09 5 109.10 106.77 105.04 100.05 120.39 102.34 101.90 105.59 97.68 102.83 108.13 101.48 6 109.66 109.12 105.04 100.05 120.05 102.46 102.11 106.49 94.24 102.90 108.13 101.50 7 109.67 108.12 105.06 95.76 121.50 102.67 102.18 107.38 94.07 103.36 108.13 101.98 8 109.81 108.42 105.07 94.20 121.84 102.48 102.31 107.40 94.04 103.36 108.13 101.96 9 110.67 107.59 105.06 92.68 122.37 102.90 102.02 105.47 94.17 104.07 115.68 104.22 10 111.02 107.84 105.04 95.48 122.58 103.02 102.23 104.93 97.25 103.92 115.68 104.26 11 111.18 107.62 105.13 97.50 123.22 102.85 102.37 104.96 97.23 103.79 115.68 104.35 12 111.75 108.15 105.33 99.07 124.30 102.89 103.06 105.55 97.22 104.11 115.69 104.53

2007

1 111.60 109.21 105.30 98.02 123.36 103.83 103.30 104.95 93.31 103.61 115.69 104.57 2 113.11 111.75 105.36 96.02 125.13 104.03 103.53 105.67 93.32 106.91 115.69 106.22 3 113.37 112.43 105.34 93.99 126.23 104.15 103.70 105.07 93.32 104.24 115.70 105.33 4 113.95 112.64 105.54 95.73 127.75 104.17 104.00 105.83 93.32 104.46 115.70 105.35

TABLE 5 - TIME SERIES OF CPI-B

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 30.24 1.01 5.03 20.49 2.68 2.85 6.58 4.92 5.82 11.20 9.18

2006

4 107.32 106.57 104.80 98.24 120.08 102.20 101.64 106.76 94.28 102.59 106.72 101.00 5 107.91 107.04 104.83 99.98 120.87 102.26 101.83 107.46 97.46 101.46 106.72 101.61 6 108.32 108.50 104.82 100.29 120.73 102.38 102.02 108.55 94.75 101.89 106.72 101.59 7 108.36 107.93 104.88 95.93 122.12 102.50 102.09 109.55 94.46 103.15 106.72 101.87 8 108.42 108.07 104.89 94.12 122.60 102.36 102.23 109.60 94.42 103.33 106.72 101.81 9 109.00 107.56 104.85 93.08 123.24 102.57 102.04 107.20 94.64 101.99 112.91 103.86 10 109.37 107.88 104.82 95.84 123.58 102.67 102.22 106.59 96.85 101.76 112.91 103.85 11 109.63 107.89 104.92 98.45 124.22 102.71 102.40 106.63 96.82 101.49 112.91 103.93 12 110.30 108.60 105.11 99.97 125.36 102.77 103.09 107.24 96.80 102.62 112.91 104.14

2007

1 110.14 109.69 105.08 99.30 124.43 103.43 103.32 106.45 92.94 101.51 112.91 104.25 2 111.68 111.80 105.12 97.36 126.39 103.55 103.60 107.06 92.96 108.37 112.91 105.85 3 111.54 112.44 105.11 95.38 127.51 104.03 103.78 106.56 92.96 101.99 112.91 105.05 4 112.23 112.98 105.29 96.73 128.90 104.00 104.10 107.53 92.96 103.55 112.91 105.11

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TABLE 6 - AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

MOP

Average retail prices

2006 2007 Items Unit

April November December January February March April

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rice

Rice – Thailand (pre-packaged,

ordinary) kg 6.06 6.40 6.42 6.42 6.42 6.42 6.36

Fresh beef

Beef kg 40.28 40.24 40.85 40.90 40.61 40.61 41.44

Shin beef kg 40.40 41.18 41.09 41.37 40.93 40.85 41.20 Fresh pork

Lean meat kg 34.53 34.14 34.30 34.14 33.92 34.12 33.71 Pork chop kg 35.30 33.29 33.65 34.05 33.92 33.88 33.53 Live poultry

Chicken kg 26.45 26.45 26.74 26.78 26.98 26.56 26.51 Fresh salt-water fish

Golden thread kg 33.32 34.74 36.16 38.05 40.08 34.27 32.96 Pomfret kg 78.63 61.68 71.28 62.39 72.91 90.70 89.54

Sole kg 58.56 65.58 55.81 62.34 76.37 64.72 64.66

Fresh fresh-water fish

Grass carp kg 20.90 20.47 19.87 19.99 20.82 19.85 18.66 Head of “Tai U” kg 36.86 37.73 36.94 36.80 39.06 38.00 36.97 Fresh-water perch kg 47.47 45.21 55.01 55.53 53.70 51.95 49.79 Egg

Hen egg each 0.71 0.74 0.70 0.85 0.95 0.96 0.96

Fruit

Orange each 3.25 2.93 2.93 3.08 3.30 3.27 3.28

Banana kg 6.54 6.67 6.67 6.67 7.05 6.70 6.66

Apple each 2.67 3.14 2.85 2.82 3.20 3.02 3.05

Vegetable

Chinese cabbage kg 8.52 7.76 7.22 6.89 8.51 11.15 10.02 Choy sum kg 9.61 10.31 9.66 9.53 11.48 14.51 11.71 Chinese lettuce kg 6.90 7.29 7.27 6.33 6.63 7.22 9.05 Hairy gourd kg 7.13 7.27 8.20 7.88 8.69 8.15 9.16

Tomato kg 7.30 8.55 8.30 7.99 7.53 7.18 7.55

Carrot kg 6.49 8.22 8.48 8.81 8.92 8.24 8.03

a. No imports were recorded during the period

CHART 2 - MOVEMENTS OF THE COMPOSITE CPI

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

April 2006 June August October December February 2007 April

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

CHART 3 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-A

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

April 2006 June August October December February 2007 April

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

CHART 4 - MOVEMENTS OF CPI-B

-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

April 2006 June August October December February 2007 April

% 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 rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 2A - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-A at section level

2B - Month-to-month rate of change of CPI-B at section level

3G - Year-on-year rate of change of the Composite CPI at section level 3A - Year-on-year rate of change of CPI-A at section level

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

4G - Annual rate of change of the average Composite CPI at section level 4A - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-A at section level

4B - Annual rate of change of the average CPI-B at section level 5G - Movements of the Composite CPI at section level

5A - Movements of CPI-A at section level 5B - Movements of CPI-B at section level

6G - Index and rate of change of the Composite CPI at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

6A - Index and rate of change of CPI-A at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

6B - Index and rate of change of CPI-B at section, class, group and principal subgroup levels

7 - Average retail prices of selected food items