Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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August 2017
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for June 2017
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for second
quarter 2017
10 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
for June 2017
10 Mid-year population for 2017
11 Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2017 : data
contained in the press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Second Quarter of 2017 and Latest
GDP and Price Forecasts for 2017" issued by the
Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial
Secretary's Office (Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
May - July 2017
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2017
24 External merchandise trade statistics for July 2017
29 Retail sales statistics for July 2017
September 2017
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
second quarter 2017
11 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
for second quarter 2017
11 Construction output statistics for second quarter 2017
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for second quarter 2017
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index
for the industrial sector for second quarter 2017
14 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for second quarter 2017
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
June - August 2017
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for July 2017
19 Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for August 2017
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for second quarter 2017
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for second quarter 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for August 2017
26 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2017
October 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for August 2017
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for August 2017
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
July - September 2017
20 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
September 2017
27 Salary indices for managerial and professional
employees for June 2017
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 2017 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2017 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Monday, July 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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