Hongkong May Consumer Price Index Clothing Category Increased By 7.1%

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The Hongkong government statistics were released in June 21st and May 2011.

consumption

Price index.

According to comprehensive consumption

price

Index, the overall consumer price in May 2011 increased by 5.2% compared with the same month a year ago, which is higher than the corresponding increase in April (4.6%).

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Measures

The impact of the composite consumer price index (CPI) in 2011 May is 5.1%, which is also larger than that in April (4.4%).

This is mainly due to the expansion of private housing rents and the increase in food prices.

In all kinds of consumption items, the prices recorded in annual consumption in May 2011 increased by 19.8%, and increased by 22.2% in the consumer price index (CPI), mainly due to a forty-one point five percent increase in the tobacco tariff. Food (excluding meals) increased by 10.1% and 10.3% respectively, and electricity, gas and water (up 7.9% and 11% respectively), clothing (7.1% and 6.9% respectively), housing (6.1% and 5.7%) respectively, outgoing meals (increased respectively, 5.7% and 5.7%), traffic (increased respectively) and miscellaneous items (up to & amp; respectively) and miscellaneous services (respectively, rise and fall).