CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AUGUST / 2012

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

AUGUST / 2012

No.8

Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.

Statistics and Census Service

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Composite CPI (117.82) for August 2012 increased by 6.33% year-on-year, attributable to rising charges for meals bought away from home and dearer prices of vegetables.

For the 12 months ended August 2012, the average Composite CPI increased by 6.46%

from the preceding period; the average CPI-A and CPI-B also rose by 6.54% and 6.68%

respectively.

In comparison with August 2011, notable increase was observed in the price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+33.33%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+8.44%); and Housing & Fuels (+8.17%) on account of dearer prices of vegetables and rising charges for meals bought away from home. The CPI-A (117.34) and CPI-B (118.38) increased by 6.86% and 6.48%

respectively year-on-year.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for August 2012 117.82 117.34 118.38 Year-on-year change % 6.33 6.86 6.48 Annualized change % 6.46 6.54 6.68 Month-to-month change % 0.23 0.25 0.23 Year-on-year change for the first

eight months of 2012 %

6.36 6.58 6.60

CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

Aug. 2011 Oct. 2011 Dec. 2011 Feb. 2012 Apr. 2012 Jun.2012 Aug.2012

%

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The Composite CPI increased by 0.23% month-to-month. Dearer prices for gasoline, vegetables, as well as higher charges for outbound package tours and meals bought away from home drove up the price index of Transport; Recreation & Culture; and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages by 2.23%, 0.74% and 0.56% respectively. On the other hand, price index of Clothing & Footwear and Housing &

Fuels dropped by 2.34% and 0.35% upon seasonal sale of Summer clothing and lower prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. The CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.25% and 0.23% month-to-month.

The average Composite CPI for the first eight months of 2012 increased by 6.36% year-on- year, of which the price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+30.12%); and Food & Non- Alcoholic Beverages (+9.22%) registered remarkable increase, while that of Communication decreased by 5.78%. The CPI-A and CPI-B for the first eight months of 2012 rose by 6.58% and 6.60% respectively year-on-year.

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.

2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B BY SECTION

%

Contribution 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 6.33 6.86 6.48 0.23 0.25 0.23 6.46 6.54 6.68 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 8.44 8.50 8.38 0.56 0.64 0.49 9.51 9.66 9.45 46.25 49.01 44.46 Food 7.85 7.90 7.68 1.09 1.16 0.96 10.30 10.41 10.21 15.61 19.00 13.67 Meals bought away from home 8.94 9.16 8.90 0.27 0.29 0.27 9.23 9.33 9.21 30.26 29.57 30.45 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 33.33 34.18 32.75 0.87 0.88 0.86 21.14 21.46 21.08 6.10 7.54 5.55 Clothing & Footwear 3.25 3.35 3.49 -2.34 -2.20 -2.40 4.57 4.69 4.82 3.67 2.52 4.32

Garments 3.22 3.47 3.68 -2.44 -2.20 -2.47 4.99 5.12 5.35 2.72 1.96 3.45 Footwear 3.06 2.86 2.90 -2.33 -2.41 -2.35 3.31 3.53 3.44 0.78 0.49 0.81 Housing & Fuels 8.17 7.32 9.14 -0.35 -0.51 -0.27 5.57 4.77 6.46 26.88 26.67 26.67

Electricity charges 3.12 3.12 3.12 - - - -10.74 -10.74 -10.74 0.92 1.09 0.81 Liquefied Petroleum Gas -5.70 -5.70 -5.70 -18.05 -18.05 -18.05 4.24 4.24 4.24 -1.13 -1.40 -0.95 Household Goods & Furnishings 6.96 5.53 7.40 1.26 1.05 1.34 5.93 5.42 6.00 3.36 1.75 3.98 Health 6.05 6.53 6.26 0.22 0.27 0.22 5.73 5.73 6.17 2.84 2.70 2.88 Transport 1.59 2.62 2.52 2.23 2.54 2.49 4.76 5.04 5.49 2.04 2.24 3.23 Communication -0.38 -0.32 -0.39 -0.06 -0.04 -0.06 -8.69 -8.93 -9.02 -0.15 -0.14 -0.14 Recreation & Culture 2.26 2.39 2.03 0.74 0.90 0.64 3.51 3.83 3.39 2.14 1.69 2.04

Outbound package tours 3.06 2.61 3.04 1.69 2.82 1.38 6.68 6.52 6.75 0.63 0.37 0.68 Education 1.93 3.24 1.86 - - - 1.91 3.21 1.85 1.42 1.73 1.30

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

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 2011 110.30 116.16 115.59 118.30 101.58 107.60 113.04 111.97 82.45 109.95 100.93 120.63 2011

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 11 112.56 119.75 114.94 121.92 103.42 109.12 115.71 112.73 79.21 110.31 102.15 124.04 12 113.40 120.44 126.98 125.60 103.88 109.43 115.78 112.70 79.31 111.79 102.15 124.27

2012

1 114.45 121.86 144.62 121.14 103.30 110.48 116.34 115.26 79.35 116.55 102.15 127.87 2 114.41 122.52 145.24 118.23 104.90 112.25 116.96 115.01 79.42 109.92 102.25 126.64 3 115.39 124.76 146.32 115.16 105.95 113.94 117.19 115.96 79.27 110.80 102.25 126.88 4 116.09 125.13 148.13 120.25 106.89 114.08 117.45 115.55 79.22 110.91 102.25 127.06 5 116.85 126.16 151.08 124.33 107.75 114.09 118.15 114.38 79.13 111.24 102.25 126.83 6 117.11 126.07 151.12 126.48 108.73 114.22 118.65 112.31 79.06 112.28 102.27 126.87 7 117.54 126.48 151.63 124.00 109.71 114.26 120.26 113.60 79.05 113.65 102.29 126.89 8 117.82 127.19 152.95 121.10 109.33 115.70 120.52 116.13 79.01 114.50 102.29 126.98

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

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 2011 109.49 116.33 115.97 118.25 101.51 108.21 114.05 109.38 82.74 110.73 101.74 116.49 2011

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 11 111.71 120.00 115.14 122.03 103.12 109.85 116.59 110.25 79.30 111.30 103.78 118.81 12 112.48 120.65 127.52 125.55 103.57 110.11 116.73 109.89 79.38 112.37 103.78 119.15

2012

1 113.48 122.18 145.72 121.05 102.31 110.97 117.23 112.31 79.41 117.26 103.78 124.61 2 113.66 122.74 146.33 118.24 104.00 112.26 117.91 112.72 79.46 111.26 103.96 122.06 3 114.82 125.09 147.34 115.23 105.03 113.51 118.19 113.83 79.34 112.11 103.96 122.23 4 115.47 125.34 149.30 120.20 105.97 113.66 118.48 113.81 79.29 112.30 103.96 122.35 5 116.32 126.46 152.36 124.35 106.83 113.68 119.35 112.54 79.22 112.46 103.96 122.46 6 116.56 126.26 152.38 126.56 107.79 113.86 119.91 110.24 79.16 113.67 103.99 122.59 7 117.05 126.72 152.97 124.05 108.75 113.88 121.88 111.54 79.16 114.40 104.03 122.68 8 117.34 127.54 154.32 121.32 108.19 115.07 122.21 114.37 79.12 115.43 104.03 122.79

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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

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

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 2011 110.63 116.20 115.44 117.90 101.59 107.01 113.43 112.49 81.95 110.28 100.43 120.41 2011

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 11 112.93 119.77 115.01 121.46 103.59 108.43 116.42 113.28 78.59 110.67 101.60 123.73 12 113.77 120.48 126.83 124.95 104.07 108.69 116.45 113.09 78.70 112.06 101.60 124.02

2012

1 115.03 121.87 144.10 120.57 104.39 109.81 117.09 116.07 78.73 116.64 101.60 127.46 2 114.97 122.56 144.76 117.76 105.95 111.79 117.73 116.32 78.80 110.08 101.70 126.38 3 115.94 124.73 145.87 114.90 107.02 113.65 117.94 117.59 78.65 110.86 101.70 126.61 4 116.72 125.17 147.58 120.28 107.97 113.77 118.20 117.29 78.59 111.07 101.70 126.79 5 117.47 126.14 150.42 124.43 108.82 113.77 118.82 115.92 78.50 111.44 101.70 126.56 6 117.74 126.13 150.46 126.72 109.81 113.85 119.31 113.52 78.43 112.39 101.72 126.60 7 118.11 126.48 150.91 124.08 110.80 113.89 120.87 114.84 78.43 113.83 101.73 126.62 8 118.38 127.10 152.21 121.10 110.50 115.41 121.13 117.70 78.38 114.56 101.73 126.73

Average retail price (MOP)

2011 2012 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

August May June July August Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice 11.92 13.03 13.02 13.01 13.01 - 9.15

Beef 85.19 100.06 101.36 101.53 105.99 4.38 24.40 Beef shin 82.27 97.31 97.23 96.73 102.15 5.60 24.17

Lean meat 62.53 61.28 61.16 62.04 61.87 -0.29 -1.06 Pork chop 63.23 61.16 61.63 61.69 61.39 -0.48 -2.91 Chicken 38.02 38.07 38.02 38.02 38.02 - - Golden thread 70.29 76.22 79.39 82.38 81.46 -1.12 15.88

Pomfret 170.80 169.96 184.89 176.31 178.07 1.00 4.26 Sole 168.60 189.23 188.43 191.23 191.74 0.27 13.73 Grass carp kg 42.26 45.71 46.48 46.55 45.86 -1.47 8.52

Head of “Tai U” 64.18 73.32 73.26 73.39 73.83 0.60 15.04 Fresh-water perch 84.45 96.34 104.41 105.53 105.07 -0.44 24.42 Chinese cabbage 13.38 17.07 15.67 16.03 18.04 12.54 34.82 Choy sum 17.81 20.17 17.89 20.00 22.20 11.02 24.69 Chinese lettuce 12.58 15.67 14.97 15.79 17.17 8.75 36.44 Hairy gourd 12.23 15.88 12.86 14.03 14.97 6.77 22.44 Tomato 11.45 20.27 19.05 16.65 16.39 -1.58 43.09 Carrot 10.75 12.16 12.71 12.31 12.31 -0.01 14.51

Banana 8.80 8.99 8.98 8.94 8.94 0.08 1.62 Orange 3.98 4.04 3.93 3.97 3.99 0.49 0.17

Apple each 3.92 4.05 4.03 4.06 4.14 1.90 5.57 Hen egg 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.20 0.90 1.45

- Absolute value equals zero

- Absolute value equals zero

splayed may not correspond to the results calculated.

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The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC website

1G - Time Series of the Composite Consumer Price Index (Composite CPI) by Section 1A - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index A (CPI-A) by Section

1B - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index B (CPI-B) by Section 2G - Month-to-Month Change of the Composite CPI by Section 2A - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-A by Section

2B - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-B by Section 3G - Year-on-Year Change of the Composite CPI by Section 3A - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-A by Section

3B - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-B by Section 4G - Annualized Change of the Composite CPI by Section 4A - Annualized Change of the CPI-A by Section

4B - Annualized Change of the CPI-B by Section

5G - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 5A - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

5B - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

6G - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 6A - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

6B - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

7 - Average Retail Prices of Selected Food Items