Macau's consumer price index climbed 6.02% in November

According to data from the Statistics and Census Service of Macau, the average index of comprehensive consumer prices for the first 11 months of 2010 increased by 2.71% from the same period of 2009; for the 12 months ended November 2010, the average index of comprehensive consumer prices rose by 2.54 from the previous period. %.

In November, the Composite Consumer Price Index (105.55) rose by 3.93% year-on-year, mainly driven by food and non-alcoholic beverages, miscellaneous goods, services and transportation.

Analyzed by major categories of goods and services, there were significant increases in miscellaneous goods and services (+6.71%), clothing and footwear (+6.02%), medical care (+5.79%), traffic (+5.72%), and food And non-alcoholic beverages (+5.00%) and recreation and culture (+3.71%), mainly gold jewelry, men's clothing, children's wear, ladies' shoes, petrol, rising prices of fresh fish, and out-patient, outing meals, and travel The increase in charges for the regiment was caused by the increase.

On the other hand, the reduction in mobile phone service charges led to a 3.60% year-on-year decrease in the price index for communications. In addition, the consumer price index for Category A (104.91) and Category B (105.72) increased by 3.65% and 4.06% respectively compared with November 2009.

In November 2010, the Composite CPI rose by 0.45% month-on-month. As prices of autumn and winter apparel, gasoline and LPG increased, the prices of clothing, footwear, transportation, housing and fuel rose by 3.37%, 0.99% and 0.94% respectively. On the other hand, the prices of fresh seafood and vegetables dropped, and the fees for tour groups decreased. As a result, the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages and recreation and culture dropped by 0.37% and 0.28% respectively.

The Composite Consumer Price Index, which is the new base period from April 2008 to March 2009, reflects the impact of price changes on the overall population of Macao. The Consumer Price Index (A) represents about 50% of households. The average monthly expenditure is between 6,000 and 18,999 patacas; the Consumer Price Index (B) represents about 30% of households, with an average monthly expenditure of 19,000 to 34. Between 999 pandas.