Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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August 2016
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for June 2016
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics
for second quarter 2016
11 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for June 2016
11 Mid-year population for 2016
12 Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2016:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the second quarter of 2016
and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2016"
issued by the Economic Analysis Division of the
Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit
under the Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for May - July 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2016
25 External merchandise trade statistics for July 2016
29 Retail sales statistics for July 2016
September 2016
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Date Press Release
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8 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for second quarter 2016
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service
industries for second quarter 2016
12 Construction output statistics for second quarter
2016
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price
Index for the industrial sector for second quarter
2016
13 Gross National Income and External Primary Income
Flows for second quarter 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for June - August 2016
19 Statistics on trade involving outward processing
in the mainland of China for second quarter 2016
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for July 2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
by economic activity for second quarter 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2016
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for second quarter 2016
26 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for August
2016
30 Retail sales statistics for August 2016
October 2016
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Date Press Release
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18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for July - September 2016
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for August 2016
20 Consumer Price Index for September 2016
21 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for September
2016
27 Salary indices for managerial and professional
employees for June 2016
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2016 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2016 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, July 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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