22-40 CONSUMER PRICE INDICES(OCTOBER 1994-SEPTEMBER 1995=100)

Item

Weight

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

Composite Consumer Price Index

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Items

100.00

64.8

101.9

108.3

114.7

117.9

Food

29.50

67.9

101.5

105.5

109.3

111.4

Meals Bought away from Home

(18.16)

64.7

101.6

105.6

109.8

112.2

Food,Excluding Meals Bought away from Home

(11.34)

72.6

101.5

105.4

108.6

110.2

Housing

28.83

55.9

103.0

113.3

123.7

129.4

Fuel and Light

2.36

79.2

101.4

106.8

112.8

114.6

Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco

1.35

55.0

101.5

107.3

113.3

120.5

Clothing and Footwear

6.66

66.8

101.8

110.2

119.4

118.5

Durable Goods

5.49

86.2

100.9

102.8

105.1

105.3

Miscellaneous Goods

6.14

74.3

100.8

103.5

109.2

112.0

Transport

7.77

66.9

101.7

108.0

112.3

116.6

Miscellaneous Services

11.90

62.7

101.6

107.9

112.7

115.7

Consumer Price Index (A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Items

100.00

65.4

101.8

107.9

114.1

117.0

Food

37.30

68.6

101.6

105.6

109.5

111.6

Meals Bought away from Home

(20.43)

64.9

101.7

106.0

110.5

113.3

Food,Excluding Meals Bought away from Home

(16.87)

72.8

101.4

105.2

108.3

129.5

Housing

25.34

57.0

102.6

112.2

122.2

125.9

Fuel and Light

3.37

79.2

101.5

106.8

112.7

114.2

Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco

2.06

53.3

101.4

107.3

113.4

120.8

Clothing and Footwear

5.12

69.4

101.8

111.5

121.6

121.7

Durable Goods

4.34

87.1

101.0

102.7

105.1

105.4

Miscellaneous Goods

6.03

72.5

100.9

103.4

110.8

114.8

Transport

7.17

66.4

101.7

108.2

112.4

117.3

Miscellaneous Services

9.27

59.9

101.9

109.0

114.4

119.1

Consumer Price Index (B)

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Items

100.00

64.9

101.9

108.4

114.7

117.9

Food

29.37

67.9

101.6

105.6

109.5

111.8

Meals Bought away from Home

(18.99)

65.0

101.6

105.6

110.0

112.4

Food,Excluding Meals Bought away from Home

(10.38)

72.6

101.5

105.5

108.8

110.6

Housing

28.18

55.6

103.0

113.0

122.6

127.9

Fuel and Light

2.16

79.2

101.4

106.6

112.7

114.4

Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco

1.18

56.4

101.5

107.5

113.6

121.4

Clothing and Footwear

6.95

68.3

101.9

112.4

123.1

123.2

Durable Goods

5.85

87.3

100.9

102.7

105.1

105.3

Miscellaneous Goods

6.44

74.9

100.8

103.7

109.1

111.6

Transport

7.57

66.9

101.8

108.1

112.5

116.5

Miscellaneous Services

12.30

62.1

101.7

108.3

113.5

117.2

Consumer Price Index (C)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Items

100.00

63.6

102.0

108.7

115.3

118.9

Food

20.38

66.6

101.3

104.8

108.3

110.3

Meals Bought away from Home

(14.15)

63.9

101.1

104.4

107.9

110.0

Food,Excluding Meals Bought away from Home

(6.23)

71.9

101.6

105.7

109.1

111.1

Housing

34.00

54.8

103.2

114.8

126.4

134.5

Fuel and Light

1.50

79.5

101.2

107.2

113.3

116.1

Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco

0.77

57.9

101.4

106.8

112.3

119.4

Clothing and Footwear

8.04

63.2

101.6

106.3

112.8

109.8

Durable Goods

6.31

83.8

101.0

103.1

105.1

105.2

Miscellaneous Goods

5.79

75.9

100.9

103.4

107.3

109.2

Transport

8.79

67.5

101.5

107.6

111.8

116.1

Miscellaneous Services

14.42

66.8

101.3

106.4

110.4

111.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: The weights are derived from the results of the 1994/95 Household Expenditure Survey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Formerly known as Hang Seng Consumer Price Index.