Table 2 |
Movements
of Consumer Price Indices
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| 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) | ||
| 1999 | Feb | -1.7 | -1.5 | -2.3 | -1.1 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Mar | -2.6 | -2.3 | -3.3 | -1.9 | * | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.1 |
| ¡@ | Apr | -3.8 | -3.3 | -4.5 | -3.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| ¡@ | May | -4.0 | -3.5 | -4.6 | -3.6 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Jun | -4.1 | -3.7 | -4.8 | -3.6 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Jul | -5.5 | -5.0 | -6.3 | -5.1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.5 |
| ¡@ | Aug | -6.1 | -5.2 | -6.9 | -6.1 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 |
| ¡@ | Sep | -6.0 | -4.9 | -6.9 | -6.1 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.9 |
| ¡@ | Oct | -4.2 | -3.1 | -5.1 | -4.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| ¡@ | Nov | -4.2 | -2.9 | -4.9 | -4.5 | -0.1 | * | -0.2 | -0.3 |
| ¡@ | Dec | -4.0 | -2.9 | -4.9 | -4.1 | -0.2 | * | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| 2000 | Jan | -5.3 | -4.2 | -5.7 | -6.2 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.7 |
| ¡@ | Feb | -5.1 | -4.2 | -5.4 | -5.8 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
| ¡@ | Mar | -5.0 | -4.0 | -5.3 | -5.7 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| ¡@ | Apr | -4.4 | -3.4 | -4.6 | -5.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | May | -4.5 | -3.4 | -4.6 | -5.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Jun | -4.5 | -3.5 | -4.5 | -5.7 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 |
| ¡@ | Jul | -3.2 | -2.2 | -3.3 | -4.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Aug | -2.7 | -1.8 | -2.7 | -3.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| ¡@ | Sep | -2.6 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -3.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| ¡@ | Oct | -2.7 | -2.1 | -2.8 | -3.5 | -0.1 | * | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| ¡@ | Nov | -2.0 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -2.7 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| ¡@ | Dec | -1.8 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -2.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2001 | Jan | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.3 | -1.3 | * | * | * | * |
| ¡@ | Feb | -2.1 | -1.9 | -2.2 | -2.0 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 |
| ¡@ | * denotes a figure within +/- 0.05%. |