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) | ||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| Jul | -4.0 | -3.6 | -4.1 | -4.5 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.8 | -0.8 | |
| Aug | -3.8 | -3.5 | -3.9 | -4.1 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.5 | |
| Sep | -3.2 | -2.8 | -3.2 | -3.8 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Oct | -2.7 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -3.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | |
| Nov | -2.4 | -1.8 | -2.5 | -2.8 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Dec | -1.9 | -1.2 | -2.1 | -2.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| 2004 | Jan | -1.5 | -0.7 | -1.6 | -2.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 |
| Feb | -2.0 | -1.1 | -2.1 | -2.8 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | * | |
| Mar | -2.1 | -1.8 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -0.1 | * | * | -0.1 | |
| Apr | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| May | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -1.1 | * | * | * | -0.1 | |
| Jun | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | * | +0.1 | * | * | |
| Jul | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.8 | +0.4 | -0.1 | * | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Aug | +0.8 | +1.4 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Sep | +0.7 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +0.3 | * | * | * | -0.1 | |
| Oct | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Nov | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.2 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Dec | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| 2005 | Jan | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -1.0 | * | +0.1 | * | * |
| Feb | +0.8 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Mar | +0.8 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Apr | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| May | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Jun | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Jul | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| * Denotes a figure
within +/- 0.05%. # Seasonally adjusted series may be revised as more data become available. Starting from October 2004, the seasonally adjusted CPIs for the preceding three years are revised each year when the figures for October become available. |