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
Result is less than half of the unit employed7/2004 - 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