Table 2 |
Movements
of Consumer Price Indices
|
| Year/month | CPI | Seasonally Adjusted CPI | |||||||
| Year-on-year rate of change (%) | Average monthly rate of change during the latest 3 months (%) |
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| Composite CPI | CPI(A) | CPI(B) | CPI(C) | Composite CPI | CPI(A) | CPI(B) | CPI(C) | ||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| Jul | -0.9 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.1 | * | -0.1 | -0.2 | |
| Aug | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | |
| Sep | -1.2 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | |
| Oct | -1.2 | -1.1 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.2 | |
| Nov | -1.4 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Dec | -3.6 | -6.2 | -2.6 | -1.7 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | |
| 2002 | Jan | -3.5 | -3.9 | -3.4 | -3.2 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.6 |
| Feb | -2.3 | -2.4 | -2.3 | -2.0 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.4 | |
| Mar | -2.2 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -2.5 | +0.3 | +1.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | |
| Apr | -3.1 | -3.3 | -3.0 | -2.9 | * | * | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| May | -3.1 | -3.5 | -3.0 | -2.9 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | |
| Jun | -3.3 | -3.9 | -3.2 | -2.8 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | |
| Jul | -3.4 | -4.1 | -3.3 | -2.7 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Aug | -3.3 | -3.7 | -3.2 | -2.8 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Sep | -3.7 | -4.2 | -3.7 | -3.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Oct | -3.6 | -4.0 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Nov | -3.6 | -4.1 | -3.6 | -3.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | |
| Dec | -1.5 | +1.0 | -2.6 | -2.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| 2003 | Jan | -1.6 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | * |
| Feb | -2.0 | -2.0 | -2.2 | -1.9 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | * | |
| Mar | -2.1 | -1.9 | -2.3 | -1.9 | * | +0.2 | * | -0.1 | |
| Apr | -1.8 | -1.2 | -2.0 | -2.1 | -0.1 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | |
| May | -2.5 | -1.7 | -2.7 | -3.0 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | |
| Jun | -3.1 | -2.4 | -3.2 | -3.7 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | |
| Jul | -4.0 | -3.6 | -4.1 | -4.5 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | |
| * denotes a figure within +/- 0.05%. |