Table 2 of Consumer Price Indices for February 1999

Table 2

Consumer Price Indices and Year-on-year Rates
of Change for February 1997 - February 1999
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)

Year/month Composite CPI CPI(A) CPI(B) Hang Seng CPI
Index Year-on
-year rate
of change
(%)		 Index Year-on
-year rate
of change
(%)		 Index Year-on
-year rate
of change
(%)		 Index Year-on
-year rate
of change
(%)
1997Feb 112.3 +6.3 112.3 +6.5 112.4 +6.1 112.3 +6.2
Mar 112.5 +5.9 112.1 +5.7 112.6 +5.8 112.9 +6.3
Apr 113.6 +5.6 113.0 +5.2 113.6 +5.4 114.4 +6.4
May 114.0 +5.8 113.3 +5.8 114.0 +5.7 115.0 +6.0
Jun 114.5 +5.6 113.6 +5.4 114.4 +5.6 115.6 +5.9
Jul 115.3 +6.4 115.0 +6.5 115.2 +6.2 115.8 +6.6
Aug 115.5 +6.3 115.3 +6.6 115.5 +6.3 115.6 +6.2
Sep 115.9 +5.6 115.4 +5.3 116.0 +5.6 116.2 +5.9
Oct 116.8 +5.7 116.0 +5.5 117.0 +5.7 117.4 +5.9
Nov 117.0 +5.4 115.9 +5.1 117.0 +5.4 118.1 +5.9
Dec 117.2 +5.2 116.2 +4.8 117.2 +5.2 118.4 +5.8
1998Jan 117.3 +5.4 116.6 +5.1 117.4 +5.4 117.9 +5.9
Feb 117.7 +4.7 117.3 +4.5 117.9 +4.8 117.7 +4.9
Mar 118.0 +4.8 117.5 +4.8 118.2 +5.0 118.3 +4.7
Apr 119.0 +4.7 117.9 +4.4 119.2 +4.9 120.0 +4.9
May 119.2 +4.5 118.1 +4.3 119.1 +4.4 120.7 +4.9
Jun 119.0 +4.0 118.1 +4.0 118.9 +3.9 120.3 +4.1
Jul 119.0 +3.2 118.1 +2.7 119.0 +3.2 120.2 +3.7
Aug 118.6 +2.7 117.6 +2.0 118.6 +2.7 119.9 +3.7
Sep 118.8 +2.5 118.0 +2.3 118.7 +2.3 119.8 +3.1
Oct 116.9 +0.1 115.8 -0.1 116.9 -0.0* 118.0 +0.5
Nov 116.1 -0.7 114.9 -0.9 116.0 -0.9 117.8 -0.2
Dec 115.3 -1.6 114.6 -1.4 115.3 -1.7 116.2 -1.8
1999Jan 116.0 -1.1 115.6 -0.9 115.5 -1.6 117.3 -0.5
Feb 115.6 -1.7 115.6 -1.5 115.1 -2.3 116.4 -1.1

Note: * Less than 0.05%

Last updated: 22 March 1999