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I I Commonwealth of Dominica 1995 I I Central Statistical Office Ministry of Finance Roseau, DDminica :::: • TABLE OF CONTENTS " PREFACE REVIEW 1.

MONTHLY CO~SUMER PRICE INDICES 1991 - 199') 2.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MONTHLY PERCENTAGE CHANGES 1991 - 1995 3.

ALL ITEMS INDICES BY YEAR AND MONTH 1985 - 1995 .'

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1993/94 PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GROUP INDICES MONTHLY INDEX OF FOOD AND NON-FOOD GROUPS PAGE NO.

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PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GROUP INDICES CONSUMER PRICE INDICES BY GROUPS AND SUB-GROUP~) 6 - 7 8 PRICE MOVEMENTS OF SELECTED ,ITEMS IN CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FEB. 1990 - FEB. 1994 9 - 11 PRICE MOVEMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN BASE PERIODS JULY :984 AND FEBRUARY 1994 12 - 15 GROUP AND SUB-GROUP l\1Ij;IGHTS 1992 COMPARED TO 1982· 10.

FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 19~5 CHARTS 1.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 1995 2.


3 • ALL ITEMS INDJCES 1985 - 1995 ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1985 - 1995 16 - 17 18 - 26 27 28 29 • .. .. • ..

PREFACE The Consumer ~rice Index was based on the 1992 Household Expenditure Survey Whi.C'l covered the four most populous parishes or population zones in DOTIlinica: st George, st paul, st Patrick and st Andrew.

From a total of 13,576 households (total of all four paJ'ishes), eight hundrecl.

and fifty-five (855) were selected for the survey.


Five hundred .and seventy-four (574) questionnaires were completed, representin~f a S7.1% response rate.

rhe number of items selected from the 1992 s'rvey was m6re than twice that of 1982 reflecting a more detailec Consumer Price Index.

A total of three These hundred sources excluded Rent, which was measured in seven categories from f~rty-four (44) housenolds.

from eighty-one (81) sources.


items came (300) The results revealed the highest weight, 401.81 in the FOOD group index, thus recording a drop over the 1982 survey (Table 9) .

Within FOOD index, weight ~eductions were recorded in sub-groups Meat, Dairy Products, oils, and Fats, Sugar & Sweets and Non­ Alcoholic Beverages.

Slight decreases were noted in Cereals and Meals Taken Away from Home.

However increases were revealed in the Miscellaneous Foods, and Fish Preparations sub-group.
In addition, the sUb-group Fruit and Fruit preparations revealed a significant weight of 58.39 of the Food group .

For the 1992 the sub-group VegetaQles and Fruits was broken down into one more group, Fruit and Fruit Preparations.

However, taken as one group (Vegetables and Fruits) as indicated by the 1982 increase this sub-group would have recorded a weight survey, instead of the apparent decrease.

From 1982's weight of 105.20 it would have moved to ,122.99 for 1992.
The next highest weight was recorded in the TRANSPORTATION index increasing by 40% over the 1982's weight to 162.02.

Th~ new sub-groups, Purchase of tJ.otor Vehicles and Insurance and Fees reflected notable weights, 50.89 and 14.50 respectively.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES rec6rded a weight of 160.16.

This group was further sub-divided (Table 9), and specific sub-groups such as Medicines and Health Expenses and Educational Expenses were defined.
New sUb-groups Ji~e Personal Life Insurance and Sporting and other Recreation made u~ weights of 4.80 and 30.06 of the group respectively.

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UTILITIES, the second highest in 1982, 160.80, ,The increase in ,?wner­ recorded a weight of 133.71 in 1992. occupied structures o'j?~ the ten year P7r1od may have contrlbuted to the drop in weight.

Even so, the welght of the Rent sub-group, decreased by 61% over t.he period" fro~ 90.60 to 35.28.
Fuel supplies also reflected a decrease ln welght~ from 28.00 to 15.16 in 1992.

This sub~group is composed of cooklng gas, ,kerosene ,and charcoal.'

According to the 1992 Survey results and ln comparlson less emphasis was placed on keros~ne and to the 19S2 survey, efta~8ea1 •• more eonsu~ere moved ~o ~he oonvenience of cook1ng gas.
The decrease in the uSE.qe of kerosene and charcoal, from weights of 4.60 and 9.40 in 1982 to 1.12 and 2.99 in 1992, did not however affect the weight of c~oking gas over the period.

In fact, the weight of cooking gas was 11.05 in 1992 down from its 14.00 in 1982.

Consumer spending may have become concentrated in other areas like utility Services which is composed of Electricity, Three new sub-groups: Repairs to Telephone, Water and Sewage.
House, Insurance paym"nts and Laundry and Dry Cleaning service carried a combined weigpt of 22.07.

The weight of CLO~HING and FOOTWEAR increased slightly over the period, by just about 5.0 percent from 65.20 to 68.35.

FURNITURE AND HOUSEH>LD EQUIPMENT recorded a weight of 57.79 and decreasing over 1982's.

Recreational Equipment Household Equipment in 1982.

Taken as one sub-group a decrease would still have been .registered in the 1992 Survey.
A combined w~ight of 24.00-was noted for new sub-groups, Laundry and Cleaning Equipment, House Cleaning and Repairs to Equipment (L992) were calculated as one sub-group­ sub-groups Kitchen Equipment ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ANI:> TOBACCO retained its position over the period, as the group index carrying the least weight.

Even so a 20.0 percent decrease in weight was reflected in the 1992 Survey.
The addition of new sub-groups and the increase/decrease in the weights of others showed the change in consumer spending patterns, over the last ten years.

The shifts (decreases) in group indices FOOD, HOUSING and UTILITIES, FURNITURE and HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT, AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES and· TOBACCO were absorbed by movements (increases) in TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING and FOOTWEAR and MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
~ • ~ .... " ~ • .. A national expenditureVsurvey facilitates the compiling of a index where a basis of consumer spending is Consumer Price measured.

The All Items Index is calculated out of 1000 and is segmented into group and sub-group indices.

Following a household expenditure survey, weights are derived by calculating the total value of it~ms consumed to the total quantity consumed.
.h.lv.. ami every The pUblic often makes the error of assuming that the monthly and/or yearly Consumer Price Index measures the prices of all items on ~.~.~l.

It must be explained that the items and services based on a Household Expenditure survey.

Such items and services rare1.y change (in the Index) until another survey is conducted.

What the'consumer pays for these items are recorded on a monthly basis and within a specific period.

index covers selected consumer ...rvice available.


From the 1992 survey, a new sUb-groups were represented as follows:- Repairs to House, Insurance Payments, Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services, House Cleaning, Repairs to Equipment, Purchase and Fees, Clothing of Motor Vehicles, Transport IInsurance February 1994 was Accessories and Personal Life Insurance.

established a~ the -base in calculating this new series .

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MICHAEL MUR~t CHIEF STATISTICIAN DATE: 30TH APRIL, 19S6 I I I • .. -.. • .. REVIEW The Consumer Price Index is a new series with February 1994 the base period (a process of rebasing on the current The indices before therefore spliced taken as the ba~e period.

were series) .
were series) .

During the All the base year, its highest percentage increase, 0.85 in August and its largest slump in March, -1.77 percent In the same period too, the highest movements frcm the base were registered in grouplindices MISCELLANEOVS EXPENSES ylith an average of 102.33 and CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR, followed closely with an average index of 104.49 (Table 1).

Index recorded TRANSPORTATION (Table 2).

101.52.


Items I From the base period February 1994, the highest su~-group index increases were noted in Transportation Insurance and Fees, 11:.1; Vegetables and Fruits, 114.2; Meat and Medicines and Health (fresh, chilled and Expenses, 104.2. index decreases were reflected in RecreatLdnal Equipment, 91.9; Laundry and Dry Cleaning Servic~, 94.5i House Cleaning 96.2 and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 96.3 (Table 6) .
lfotable sub-group to February 1995, frozen) 108.2; Overthi ten year period (1985-1995) the highest percentage the index registered in 1989 when in Items Index was recorded a 7.6 percent increase (Table 3).

the All the All Based on in the All the new series to Jure 1994).

Items Index from 1993 to 1994 seem to have hardly moved recording just about 0.01 percent.

This seemingly Jow increase may be attributed to several factors.
a few Steady decreases were registered months after introducing the base (See Tables 1, 2 and the months of March the The current series is a more dissimilarities that of 1984 detailed Index coveting 300 items, more than twice base.

In addition, splicing (merging and adjusting the previous Index on the current' base period) was performed from January 1994 (Table 3).

Therefore the effects of the lIrebasing' back to 1985 the would be more revealing base year glven.

that large lower food prices differences.


Anoth3r observation was that the (recorded in 1994 over the 1993) countered the increases in the other group indiges.

in the year immediately preceding the in the series.
carried such two serles Items Index Another factor too, was I • • iv Both bases indicated the same The percentag~ changes in 1993 when both bases are applied trend increases in all other group indices except the r2he average (of both series) however, almost the highest the lowest and considering both series, the can be viewed on Table 3A.

over the year :'- FOOD group 'index.

follows increase percentage increase in HOUSING AND UTILITIES.
average increase in the All Items Index would therefore be 0.81 percent for the ;1993/94 period.

the trend of the current base:- recording in CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR the F'JOD Index the 1994/95 period the ALL Items Index rose by 1.30 For percent with increasing by 1.66 percent and the MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES group recording the highest increase, 3.09 (Table 5).

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This group consists of Personal Care and percent Supplies, Medicines, Health and Education Expenses, Personal Life Insurance and Other Miscellaneous Expenses.

Group Index CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR followed with an increase of 1.22 percent.

.~ .. ~ • in bE!ef, fresh From 1984 t6 ~994,price increases of more than fifty percent were recorded red beans, cigarettes, toothpaste and color television.

(Trible 7).
(Trible 7).

Items registering over 100 percent salted fish, increase whisky, water servi~es, women's dresses, girl's dresses, doctors fees and pre-school fe~s.

in prices, o'er that period were melons, rent, radio-recorders, men's shoes, fish, cheese, carrots, Price decreases of more in tomatoes, cabbage" oranges, grapefruit, instant coffee and toilet soap.

Only telephone service remained stable for the period.
than 10 percent were noted v -.. • TABLE 1: MONTHL'y CONSUMER PRICE INDICES 1991-1995 GROUPS WEIGHTS YEAR JAN .. FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP FEBRUARY 1994=100.00 DEC NOV OCT AVERAGE FOOD ALCOHOLIC BEVEFy\GES & TOBACCO 401.81 16.16 HOUSING & lJ"l.t"e. 133.71 88.46 1991 92.79 94.28 94.10 1992 1993 100.66 100.51 100.00 99.11 1994 97.96 97.28 1995 90.03 87.86 96.83 96.05 85.81 97.47 95.47 .,.
100.0~ 100.00 99.96 1995 100.22 89.90 94,86 97.65 99.96 99.83 91.76 91.66 97.75 95.19 98.12 97.06 99.61 99.
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99.73 117.03 '11,1' 1993 99.66 1994 100.12 100.00 100.00 100.05 100.3 100.31 1995 100,40 100.34 IlS.S0 lI,al 99.83 97.96 IlS.69 99.97 'i,i7 99.96 100.04 100.32 100.03 98.19 98,50 9S.2S lla,1l3 '"' .
FURNITURE& HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 57.79 I 9f.56 96.86 96.87 97.88 98.35 96.56 97.47 96.98 98,48 98.48 96.57 96.57 96.56 100.33 97.72 97.55 96.57 96.55 98.48 96.57 99.62 97.59 95.71 TRANSPORTATION 162.02 • 1 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR 68.35 96.46 96.52 96.46 96.52 96.52 1991 96.41 99.20 1992 96.52 99.20 100.00 100.00 100.00 Hlo.oo '2 95,)0 I MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 160.16 1991
101.52 102.76 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 98.
32 1 102.33 105.49 1995 104.10 104.08 104.08 104.61 ALL ITEMS 1000.00 199} 92.27 90.78 95.54 95.16 1992 98.89 ' 98.89 1993 1994 99.63 100.00 1995 100.03 100.21 ... TABLE 2.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MONTHLY PERCENTAGE CHANGES 1991-1995 GROUPS ~EIGHTS YEAR JAN FEB - MAR APR MAY JUN FEBRUARY 1994 -- 1000 SEP AUG JUL OCT NOV DEC -3.11 0.05 1.18 -0.18 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.62 0.00 2.55 -0.42 0.06 0.08 -0.30 -0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 -0.26 -1.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.15 0.39 0.66 -2.39 0.00 -0.24 0.75 -0.09 -0.07 0.00 0.76 -1.45 0.07 0.34 -0.10 0.27 1.58 1.02 7.73 -0.10 -0.19 0.28 0.87 -0.01 0.00 0.411 -0.09 -0.43 0.28 0.18 0.51 1.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.11 2.38 0.41 3.52 0.00 0.14 0.09 0.00 0,03 0.00 0.41 0.92 0.41 3.61 -0.01 0.00 0.84 3.15 -3.07 -0.36 -0.36 -0.17 1.80 0.48 -0.35 0.10 0.15 -1.63 -0.02 2.29 -0.56 -0.41 -0.24 0.05 1.68 0.00 -0.23 1.49 -0.29 0.42 0.03 0.00 0.05 0.00 -1.52 1.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.48 3.64 1.76 -1.78 -2.01 -0.65 2.03 0.37 0.53 0.00 2.67 0.26 0.48 1.59 -1.55 0.47 0.74 -0.07 -0.26 -0.06 -0.08 -0.86 -0.34 '-0.13 0.00 -1.63 -0.16 1.93 2.78 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.42 -3.64 0.52 0.11 -0.57 -0.15 -0.19 -0.33 0.35 -0.11 0.23 -0.78 -0.02 0.85 -0.37 3.03 0.05 -1.27 0.88 0.40 0.93 0.26 1.73 0.39 -0.02 -0.04 0.11 0.02 -0.17 -0.76 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.63 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.57 -1.60 3.97 1.67 -0.07 -0.02 -0.55 -0.02 0.04 2.92 0.07 0.60 1.56 0.17 -0.13 0.27 -0.15 -1.67 0.00 -0.45 1.16 -1.02 0.00 0.08 -0.64 0.05 -0.01 -0.08 0.63 -0.39 0.06 0.35 0.61 -1.81 0.00 0.08 -0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 -0.87 -0.86 0.57 1.40 -0.72 -0.68 0.06 0.10 0.15 -0.13 -0.23 -0.73 0.07 -0.15 0.44 -0.61 1.77 -0.14 1.12 -0.88 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.42 -0.44 2.26 -0.02 -0.30 0.07 0.20 -0.02 0.00 0.00 3.90
 0.17 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.01 0.70 3.32 -0.18 -0.12 0.40 0.07 -0.14 -0.07 0.75 -0.06 0.78 -0.11 0.07 0.64 0.85 0.20 0.16 2.46 2.11 0.~4 0.00 0.00 2.11 -0.53 -0.19 0.03 -0.07 -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.71 -0.13 -0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.05 2.18 1.49 -3.88 2.33 0.04 0.33 0.98 -0.10 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.47 0.04 0.24 0.04 1.33 FOOD 401.81 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOBACCO 16.16 HOUSING & UTILITIES 133.71 FURNITURE& HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 57.79 TRANSPORTATION 162.02 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR 68.35 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 160.16 ALL ITEMS 1000.00 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 T 0.2e 1.36 0.61 -1.65 0.38 -4.67 0.19 -0.15 090 070 -0.68 1.88 -3.02 -4.53 -0.48 1991 1992 1993 111114 1'" 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 .
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 0.00 0.89 0.44 0:35 -1.0" 0.02.· -0.17 -0.23 0.42 0.11 .
-0.18 0.00 -0.01 0.38 -0.34 -3.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.77 3.88 0.86 -0.95 0.16 0.19 -1.16 -0.1'7 0.00 -0.29 0.81 0.35 -0.57 0.07 O.jO 0.37 0.09 0.00 -0••' -1 1 8 ., 1.13 -0.D7 -0.; .... -O.Ob 103 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0,05 0.00 0.81 0.00 -0 ..14 1 74 154 -014 003 -0.69 3.29 -0.02 -0.04 0.04 -0.02 -1.61 0.40 0,00 0.37 0.18 0.99 -0.53 -0.87 -0.04 -0.11 1.82 0.05 0.17 0.06 -0.04 0.09 0,05 0.00 ·0.17 -0.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00' ,; 7.79 -0.21 4.61 1.72 0.05 0.44 3.56 -0.11 -0.40 0.00 0.66 1.27 -0.98 -1.77 -0.22 2.47 0.81 -1.70 -1.41 0.07 1.96 0.35 -0.60 0.00 ·1.87 -0.11 0.67 0.13 -0.01 0.01 2.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.24 0.05 0.00 0.00 1.16 -0.03 -1.64 -0.67 0.40 0.00 0.29 -0.06 -0.48 -0.20 1.60 0.51 1.07 0.34 -0.73 -0.10 0.09 2 .­ • .. 'W TABLE 3.
ALL ITEM INDICES BY YEAR AND MONTH 1985-1995 FEBRUARY 19Q/~ lnn.no YEAR .IAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1985 70.14 70.69 70.83 70.41 70.6, 7C 90 71.45 71.73 71.94 72.73 72.73 73.28 RQ~ rK- :rV'\f\a.t~ YEAR PERCENT.

INDEX INCREASE 71.45 2.10 1986 72.38 72.24 71.68 72.10 72.38 7; 73 73.36 74.54 75.86 75.24 75.38 75.52 73.62 1987 75.73 75.94 76.08 77.19 77.33 77.75 77.89 78.17 76.29 77.34 78.94 77.76 77.20 1988 77.97 77.34 76.02 76.58 77.48 .
77.41 78.16 79.69 79.90 80.31 84.34 81.77 78.91 1989 81.63 81.84 83.09 83.71 84.76 1990 86.65 86.93 84.22 84.50 86.24 '84.97 83.65 86.71 84.41 .. 86.1 cr .88.03 98.02 98.48 99.32 99.59 100.03 99.92 99.96 1995 100.0 100.21 99.99 100.0 100.3 100.35 101.0 100.7 100.5 99.96 100.0 101.36 99.11 ~ /'Go 1.30 100.40 .. .. 3 TABLE 3A.
1993/94·PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GROUP INDICES CURRENT BASE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS BASE GROUP CURRENT PREVIOUS AVERAGE BASE I BASE FOOD , -3.79 -1.2 -2.49 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOE ACCO 2.11 1.6 1.86 I HOUSING & UTILITIES 0.24 0.1 0.17 FURNITURE & HOUSEHO' 0 EQUIPMENT 1.69 2.9 2.30 TRANSPORTATION 1.56 8.1 4.83 CLOTHING & FOO1WEAR , 7.05 6.2 6.62 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 4.08 4.0 4.04 ALL ITEMS 0.01 1.6 0.81 • CURRENT BASE: FEBRUARY 1994 PREVIOUS BASE: JULY 1934 100.00 100.00 4 TABLE 4.
MONTHLY INDEX OF FOOD AND NON-FOOD GROUPS 1985-1995 February 1994=100 00 1985 72.2 71.1 1986 73.5 74.1 1987 75.2 76.1 1988 79.3 77.2 1989 85~0 19.4 1990 85.5 87.8 1991 92.8 .
92.3 1992 94.1 96.1 1993 100.7 97.7 100.~ 97.9 97.5 98.3 95.8 98.3 96.9 98.1 1994 99.1 100.0 1995 97.3 101.9 100.0 100.0 98.0 101.7 .95.5 GROUPS Jan Food Non-food Feb Food Non-food Mar Food Non-food Apr "ood Non-food May Food Non-food Jun Food Non-food Jul Food Non-food Aug Food Non-food .. Sep Food Non-food Ocl Food Non-food Nov Food Non-food Dec Food Non-food AVG.
Food Non-food 73.5 71.2 73.8 71.2 ?

!.8 71.2 73.1 71.4 72.9 72.0 74.1 72.0 74.9 72.0 74.8 72.46 76.4 72.7 76.2 72.81 76.7 73.4 74.3 72.0 73.3 74.1 72.4 73.7 1S.4 73.7 73.9 73.9' 73.1 75.0 75.1 74.7 77.9 74.8 I .
76.3 83.3 I ·78.4 I 87.1 87.6 ·81.4 77.3 78.9 77.2 78.3 76.5 92.u 78.5 86.2 79.0 80.6 77.9 90.5 87.9 89.6 87.9 87.3 83.5 86.2 87.8 80.8 87.1 81.8 86.8 84.1 88.1 83.6 88.3 85.5 88.6 I TABLE 5.
PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GROUP INDICES 1985-1995 GROUP WEIGHTS 1985 84-'85 1986 85-'86 1987 86-'87 1988 87-'88 1989 88-'89 Ofo CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE °Al CHANGE February 1994 = 100.0 FOOD 401.81 74.3 0.5 75.8 2.1 78.3 3.3 80.6 2.9 87.3 8.3 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES &TOBACCO 16.16 68.6 , 3.1 74.2 8.2 n.8 4.9 81.8.

5.1 85.3 HOUSING & UTILITIES - 133.71 67.8 2.2.

67.9 0.2 68.7 1.2 69.6 (.


, < J..~ 5 0.9 77.4 2.3 78.4 1.2 80.6 2.8 85.1 FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENl 57.79 75.7 - TRANSPORTATION 162.02 80.8 4.9 86.0 6.4 87.5 1.7 87.9 0.5 88.1 4.3 , 12.9 5.7 0.3 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR 68.35 58.4 0.1 62.5 6.9 65.5 4.8 67.4 2.9 71.8 6.6 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 160.16 77.4 1.8 80.3 3.7 82.4 2.7 83.8 1.7 90.4 7.8 ALL ITEMS 1000.00 71.5 2.1 73.6 3.0 77.2 4.8 78.9 2.2 84.9 7.6 • 6 • ,( .... • TABLE 5 cont'd.
PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN GROUP INDICES 1985-1995 GROUP WEIGHT_S 1990 89-'90 1991 '90-'91 1992 % CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE '91-'92 1993 February 1994= 100.0 % CHANGE '92-'93 1994 % CHANGE '93-'94 % CHANGE '94-'95 1995 FOOD 431.30 85.~ -1.8 90.2 5.1 97.9 8.5 99.9 2.1 96.1 -3.8 97.7 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOBACCO 20.30 87.5 2.5 91.4 , 4.5 96.5 5.6 98.5 2.0 100.6 2.2 101.0 1.7 0.3 HOUSING & L;TILlTJES 160.80 93,1 18.6 98.0 5.2 99.2 1.2 99.9 0.7 100.1 - 0.21 99.9 -0.2 FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 60.00 90.5 6.3 96.8 7.0 98.0 - -.
1.2 97.1 -0.8 98.8 1.7 96.6 -2.2 !

1 TRANSPORTATION ~ 116.00 92.0 3.8 96.5 4.9 97.6 1.1 99.9 2.4 101.5 1.6 102.6 1.1 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR 65.20 73.7 2.7 84.2 14.2 91.9 9.1 94.8 3.2 101.5 7.1 102.8 1.2 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 146.40 90.7 0.4 93.7 3.3 98.0 4.6 98.3 0.3 102.3 4.1 105.5 3.1 ALL ITEMS 1000.00 87.6 3.2 92.5 5.6 97.6 5.5 99.1' 1.6 99.1 0.0 100.4 1.3 7 TABLE 6.

CONSUMER PRIC2 INDICES BY GROUPS AND SUB-GROUPS FEB. 1985 - FEB. 1995 GROUPS SUb-groups ALL ITEMS FOOD Meat(fresh,chill.
or frozen) Meat(preserved) Fish and Fish Preparations Dairy Products Oils and Fats Cereals Vegetables and Fruits Fruit and Fruit Preparations Sugar and Othir SWiiti MIH.

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Meals Taken Away From Home Non-alcoholic Beverages .
\VEIGHTS 1000.00 401.81 36.37 11.80 39.98 36.57 8.97, 70.49 64.60 58.39 15.24 al,17 20.78 8.95 Feb 1985 70.7 13.5 76.1 ... 49.5 78.0 91.7 66.1 68.4 ... 74.8 71,1 74.9 75.7 reb 1986 72.3 73.3 73.0 ... 51.8 81.8 96.8 69.4 62.4 ... 76.3 81.i 72.79 82.2 Feb 1987 76.0 75.7 81.2 ... 55.1 86.9 97.5 69.4 73.9 .. , 78.6 87.6 73.5 89.7 Feb 1988 77.4 77.7 77.9 ... 66.1 91.8 91.8 70.2 75.1 ... 80.7 86.0 76.5 91.3 Feb 1989 81.9 84.7 85.9 ... 58.6 98.3 ~6.8 77.8 91.1 ... 94.5 85.7 78.2 86.9 February 1994= 100 0 Feb 1991 90.8 88.5 100.1 .. , 77.9 98.6 99.3 82.6 80.8 ... 97.9 107.2 89.3 91.4 Feb 1990 86.9 86.2 89.4 .. , 66.2 100.3 96.1 75.8 88.5 ... 98.3 102.9 82.3 89.8 Feb 1992 95.6 94.3 98.1 .. , 86.2 99.8 98.8 88.4 93.9 ... 95.6 115.9 92.7 94.5 t' Feb 1993 98.9 100.5 97.2 ... 92.9 100.5 100.0 100.2 106.7 ... 98.3 106.4 100.0 93.6 Feb 1994 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 I Feb 1995 100.2 98.0 108.2 98.4 100.6 100.0 100.7 101.5 114.2 98.3 100.1 101.8 98.4 96.3 ALCOHOLIC BEV.
&TOBACCO Alcoholic Beverages Tobacco Products 16.16 12.11 4.05 100.0 99.6 101.5 , 10.8 110.0 114.1 HOUSING & UTILITIES I Rent (excluding electricity) Fuel Supplies Utility Services Repairs to House Insurance Payments Home Help Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning Servo FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD EO.

Furniture & Furnishings Kitchen Equipment Recreational Equipment Laundry and Cleaning Equip.

House Cleaning Repairs to Equipment.


TRANSPORTATION Purchased Transportation Purchase of Motor Vehicles Operational Expenses Insurance and Fees CLOTHING & FOOlWEAR Clothing Footwear Clothing Accessories MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Personal Care & Supplies Medicines and Health Exp.

Personal Life Insurance Educational Expenses Sporting & Other Recreation Other Miscellaneous 115.5 115.7 114.6 I 105.8 108.6 97.2 105.6 ... ... ... ... 105.6 110.4 102.6 ... ... ... ... 112.7 ... .. .
... ... 119.9 120.6 116.9 106.2 108.6 107.8 100.2 ... ... ... ... 107.1 108.6 106.2 ... ... ... ... 114.1 ... ... ... ... 133.71 35.28 15.16 55.31 17.61 2.89 5.89 1.57 103.7 106.9 98.1 100.5 ... ... ... .... 57.79 10.97 11.13 11.69 3.58 19.27 1".15 100.5 .

'03.7 98.5 ... ... ... ... 162.02 50.34 50.89 46.29 14.50 , 01.4 '" ... ... .... 105.6 106.9 1 lO.1 1 l6.4 ...
I ... ... ... 103.3 108.2 100.2 ... ... ... ... 109.5 ... ... ... ... 68.35 49.69 15..77 2.89 101.2 102.4 98.8 ... 105.1 109.4 94.8 ... 113.1 119.1 99.16 ... 116.3 118.5 111.2 ... 160.16 38.~1 15.75 4.80 49.59 30.06 21.75 1\5.2 99.8 ... ... ... 1~·~.1 107.8 100.1 ... ... ... 11 ;~.5 111.6 101.2 ... ... ... ... 127.2 112.7 101.4 ... ... ... ... 133.3 8 84.2 86.5 75.4 72.3 61.5 90.6 87.1 ... ... ... ... 82.0 71.9 89.8 ... ... ... ... 88.9 ... ... ... ... 67.8 64.3 78.5 ... 87.2 91.6 ... ... ... ... 77.2 86.6 88.5 79.5 90.5 91.1 88.7 84.3 ... ... .. .
... 86.3 73.0 96.7 ... ... ... ... 88.0 ... ... ... ... 73.0 68.8 85.8 ... 89.0 91.3 80.3 95.4 98.0 85.6 98.5 100.5 91.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.2 102.3 97.1 94.7 112.8 88.4 .. .

... ... ... 94.1 86.2 100.3 .. .

... ... ... 96.5 ... ... ... ... 77.0 73.9 86.4 ... 98.2 100.0 100.7 91.2 ... ... ... ... 98.5 95.9 100.5 ... ... ... ... 96.5 ... ... ... ... 93.9 93.5 95.0 ... 99.7 100.0 101.1 97.7 ... ... ... ... 96.6 92.1 100.0 ... ... ... ... 100.0 ... ... ... .. .
1'15.1 90.8 91.7 87.9 ... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 102.1 103.7 97.8 98.9 92.03 101.4 ... ... ... ... 78.4 93.0 100.7 ... .. .

... ... 87.1 95.3 100.6 ... ... ... ... 91.1 97.7 100.5 ... .. .
... ... 95.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 104.1 100.2 104.2 100.0 111.0 101.6 99.3 TABLE7., PRICE MOVEMENTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FEBRUARY 1990-FEBRUARY 1994 ITEMS FOOD Beef (local) imported UNIT kg kg 1984 BASE PRICE 'FEB 1990 FEB 1991 FEB 1992 FEB FEB % CHANGE BASE PRICE TO 1993 1994 FEB. 94 8.25 16.17 11.
)0 14. ,0 13.20 14.86 13.20 14.90 15.03 11.92 15.40 12;19 Chicken (backs & necks) 2.27kg 2.27kg 2.27kg 6.43 12.80 14.44 8 i5 14.10 13.76 Fish (pot) Salted fish Evaporated milk Powdered milk Butter Cheese Eggs kg kg kg 410grns 2268gm 375gms kg dozen 8.25 8.25 7.61 I 1.20 18.22 8.00 9.70 5.73 9.35 9.35 14.83 " ,­ rI Cooking Oil 750 ml Sandwich loaf sliced Flour Rice Tomatoes Carrots Cabbage Onions Beans Lentils Oranges Grapefruit Melons White sugar Brown sugar kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg each each kg kg kg Salt Tomato Ketchup kg 375 ml 3.63 , ; .0) .. 87 1.03 5.44 1.92 1.95 4.40 7.90 4.40 3.91 6.14 4.75 0.33' .. Coffee(beans) instant Coca-cola Ham sandwich Roti kg 50 gms 12.05 9.t~ 13.57 10.95 13.60 6.47 13.95 7.03 13.96 6.06 13.42 6.06 296 ml each each 0.80 2.25 4.50 0.85 3.18 5.20 1.00 3.40 5.75 1.00 3.50 6.00
 1.00 3.88 6.00 1.20 3.88 6.00 9 86.67 -24.61 29.86 14.37 -1.66 73.33 86.67 113.14 26.67 40.50 -6.13 52.58 11.17 4.41 15.20 5.71 4.55 -33.33 92.73 -20.ob 11.24 64.60 29.83 -38.89 -20.00 157.81 46.21 20.25 36.96 1.03 11.37 -37.46 50.00 72.44 33.33 , TABLE 7. cont'd.
PRICE MOVEMENTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN CONSU.AER PRICE INDEX FEBRUARY 1990-FEBRUARY 1994 JULY 1984=100.00 FEB. FEB. FEB. 1990 1991 1992 FEB. FEB. 1993 1994 % CHANGE BASE PRICE TO FEB. 94 ITEMS IALCOHOLIC BEV.

& TOBACCO Rum Whisky Beer 1984 ~ASE PRICE ,.

8.40' 18.25 2.33 UNIT 75 cl 75 cl 284ml 10.04 ,28.19 2.93 10.18 29.96 2.98 9.91 38.25 2.81 9.57 41.14 2.86 9.67 40.38 2.86 2.75 4.42 Cigarettes(hillsb.)
(b&h) pkt.l20 pkt.l20 1.65 2.93 2 11 3 ::;1 2.19 3.57 2.50 3.62 2.51 4.01 HOUSING Rent(a) (b) (c) FUEL Kerosene Gas UTILITIES Electricity Telephone Water FURNITURE Living room set Bed wooden Matress 5" HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT Refrigerator Stove four burner Radio Radio-recorder Black &:white t.v.

Colour t.v.

month month month .

46.54 85.92 174.67 188.00 350.00 .

350.00 85.92 243.33 350.00 74.77 250.00 600.00 85.92 250.00 650.00 85.92 250.00 650.00 gal.

9.1 kg 4.00 24.51 .. 3.58 25.16,; 4.80 .


28.85 3.82 27.70 3.94 27.70 3.62 27.7 month month month 34.21 40.44 9.17 37.33 40.44 11.03 38.14 40.44 16.50 31.58 40.44 25.00 41.28 40.44 25.00 43.14 40.44 25 3 piece 595.00 double 637.50 single 177.50 651.90 687.60 206.47 651.90 737.90 198.79 689.16 777.50 197.04 595.00 777.50 196.99 655.43 777.5 196.99 .
15cu.ft 3078.25 2793.27 3303.12 3303.12 3258.44 3258.44 large 1584.10 1679.00 1583.89 1583.89 1583.89 1533.89 260.50 339.28 485.00 909.18 580.00 606.67 1770.25 1735.56 1648.26 1648.26 1618.26 1618.26 I 339.28 909.20 606.67 339.28 909.18 606.67 339.28 909.20 606.67 ,~96.13 909.~0 606.67 17" 19" I 10 15.12 121.26 22.75 66.67 50.85 84.62 43.13 85.71 -9.50 13.02 26.10 0.00 172.63 10.16 21.96 10.98 5.85 -0.01 30.24 87.46 4.60 -8.59 .. ~ -:. "

.

• TABLE 7. cont'd.


PRI ~E MOVEMENTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FEBRUARY 1990-FEBRUARY 1994 .

UNIT 1984 .

BASE PRICE FEB. 1990 FEB. "1991 .. ,; FEB. 1992 FEB. 1993 % CHANGE FEB.. BASE PRICE 1994 TO FEB. 94 casual formal .'

casual formal .
casual formal 39.98 77.50 54..90 91.24 52.82 75.86 49.75 75.25 50.13 66.95 59.72 72.43 57.50 75.00 63.68 95.00 65.56 100.00 108.79 142.97 87.04 131.70 114.86 146.51 145 gm 76 gm 110 gm 1.54 3.93 9.40 1.31 6.57 13.21 1.31 6.75 13.21 1 1.31 6.74 13.03 1.31 6.75 13.21 1.26 6.97 13.14 ITEMS CLOTHING Women's dress Girl's dress Boy's shirt trousers FOOTWEAR Women's shoes Men's shoes MISCELLANEOUS Toilet s'oap Tooth paste Deodorant Doctor's fees per visit 20.00 30.00 30.00 40.00 40.00 45.00 Television fees month School fees(pre-schOol) month 30.00 20.00 4C.0 ) 5C .00 I 40.00 75.00 40.00 75.00 50.00 75.00 50.00 95.00 Petrol Vehicle license gal.
year 6.00 6.17 229.60· 330.00 6.50 330.00 6.50 330.00 6.50 330.00 6.50 330.00 J J 137.15 181.41 142.07 16.68 31.00 49.37 -6.54 99.76 95.35 I -18.18 77.35 39.79 125.00 66.67 375.00 8.33 43.73 TABLE 8.
PRICE MOVEMENTS AND'Vv'EIGHTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN BASE PERIODS JULY 1984 AND FEBRUARY 1994 .. v 1984 BASE WEIGHT PRICE 1982 1994 1992 WEIGHT BASE PRICE % CHANGE % CHANGE IN WEIGHTS IN PRICE 1984 TO 1982 TO 1994 1992 ITEMS FOOD Meat Beef (local) imported Chicken Chicken (backs & necks) Fish Fish (pot) red snapper Salted fish Milk Evaporated milk Powdered milk Powdered milk Butter Butter Cheese Eggs Cooking Oil Cooking Oil Sandwich loaf Flour Rice Vegetables & Fruits Tomatoes Carrots Cabbage Onions Beans Lentils Oranges Grapefruit Melons Bananas Potatoes Dasheen; White sugar Brown sugar UNIT kg kg , 2.27kg i,17h; .2.27kg thighs kg (g <g kg ~10gms .
2268gms 1800gms 375gms 250gms kg dozen 750 fT"1 1litre sliced kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg each each kg kg kg kg kg kg 431.30 62.30 8.50 3.70 37.60 10.10 15.
'20 12.30 ... 25.30 12.60 7.6) ... 8.00 31.80 15.10 16.7" .. E 4U .. 8.10 12.20 I 8.25 16.17 6.43 12.80 14.44 ... 8.25 8.25 ... 7.61 I 1.20 18.22 ... 8.00 ... 9.70 5.73 9.60 ... 3.63 ... 401.81 48.17 5.30 0.67 21.53 3.01 6.89 7.75 3.88 28.48 9.12 9.68 9.68 7.78 21.14 8.53 ... 10.83 ... 2.94 4.44 6.32 ... 6.72 15.40 12.80 8.35 14.64 14.20 12.81 14.30 15.40 15.40 16.53 1.52 ... 22.41 ... 3.28 14.63 5.99 '" 8.11 -6.84 -22.68 -37.65 -81.89 -42.74 -70.20 -54.67 -36.99 ... 12.57 -27.62 27.37 .. .
-2.75 -33.52 -43.51 .. .

... ... ... -45.19 -48.20 ... ... 9.20 2.50 20.57 2.75 123.59 8.80 6.10 1.75 1.98 4.36 6.21 1.90 2.18 -50.45 1.80 105.20 7.20 8.60 10.50 5.50 3.60 6.00 9.30 8.40 4.80 10.40 ... 14.6 ,.

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'.'

90 70 j 1 122.99 2.07 3.10 3.67 3.42 4.07 4.20 4.14 4.37 3.21 3.52 2.81 5.28 6.07 5.93 6.60 3.30 5.50 3.56 4.35 3.52 0.54 0.25 1.28 0.20 ... 0.86 1.45 1.58 12 4.40 6.36 4.40 3.79 7.36 5.18 0.33 0.20 3.30 0.39 3.35 1.62 2.12 1.90 16.91 -71.25 -63.95 -65.05 -37.82 13.06 -30.00 -55.48 -47.98 -33.13 -66.15 ... -63.84 23.88 -44.58 86.67 -20.84 29.86 14.37 -1.66 .. .
73133 86.67 ... 117.21 26.67 ... ... ... ... ... ... 50.82 4.54 10.00 8.57 10.10 -33.33 92.73 -20.00 6.46 69.20 47.16 -38.89 -20.00 157.81 95.00 '" 88.37 46.21 20.25 .. TABLE 8 cont'd.

PRICE MOVEMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN BASE PERIODS JULY 1984 AND FEBRUARY 1994 UNIT 1982 NEIG-n 1984 PRICE 1992 WEIGHT 1994 PRICE % CHANGE % CHANGE IN WEIGHTS IN PRICE 1984 TO 1982 TO 1994 1992 Salt Tomato Ketchup Coffee(beans) instant Coca-cola(coke) Geee--eolaOu-e,orange) Ham sandwich Roti ALCOHOLIC BEV.
& TOBACCO Acoholic Beverages Rum Whisky Beer Stout Cigarelles(hillsb.)

(b&h) Tobacco HOUSING & UTILITIES Rent Rent(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (I) (g) Fuel Supplies Kerosene Gas UTILITIES Electricity Telephone Water metered non-metered kg 375 ml .­ .

kg 50 gms 296 ml each each .'

75 cl 75 cl 284 ml pkt.l20 pkl./20 2.10 8.60 2.20 5.10 4.6() 4.50 2.70 6.50 20.30 16.20 6.40 4,80 5.00 ... 0.92 3.89 12.05 9.69 0.80 0.80 2.25 4.50 8.40 18.25 2.33 ... 1.60 2.50 1.65 2.93 month month month month month month month gal.'
9.1 kg month month month I 160.00 90.60 63.40 18.10 9.1") ... ... ...

I I 46.54 174.67 350.00 ... ... ... '" '" 28.00 4.60 14.00 42.20 22.00 17.00 3.10 .. , ... 4.00 24.51 34.21 40.44 9.17 ... ... 13 1.03 3.98 2.27 1.03 4.42 1.14 8.12 12.55 16.16 12.11 .
1.76 0.37 4.05 3.09 1.N -50.95 -53.72 3.18 -79.80 -3.91 -74.67 200.74 93.08 -20.39 -25.25 -72.50 -92.29 -19.00 ... ... 21.25 -22.40 -16.43 -61.06 -97.22 -80.50 -65.05 ' " ... ... '" -45.86 -75.65 -21.07 31.07 0.86 63.76 56.45 ... ... ... '" 35.87 1.03 11.37 -37.46 56.25 56.25 85.33 44.44 14.76 121.26 22.75 67.27 ~.49 -28.81 -22.00 -35.71 -9.50 13.02 171.50 45.00 165.98 ... ... ... .. .
J I TABLE 8 cont'd.

PRICE MOVEMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN BASE PERIODS .

JULY 1984 AND FEBRUARY 1994 1982 1984 WEiGHT PRICE WEIGHT 1992 1994 % CHANGE % CHANGE PRICE IN WEIGHTS 1982 TO 1992 IN PRICE 1984 TO 1994 ITEMS FURNITURE & HOUSE.

EQUIPMENT Furniture & Furnish.

Living room set Dining room set Bed wooden Matress 5w Matreaa 6w HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT Refrigerator Stove four burner Radio Radio-recorder Black & white t.v.

Colour t.v.
Colour t.v.

TRANSPORTATION Motor cars Vans Tyres Batteries Servicing(minor) Servicing(auto parts) Insurance Vehicle license Drivers license Petrol CLOTHING,FIWEAR & ACCESSORIES Clothing Women's dress Women's suits Girl's dress Men's shirts UNIT 3 piece 5 piece double single.

double ,.

15 cu.ft.

large 17" 19" car 1300cc Vc.1I car 1300cc van 60.00 22.70 8.30 ... 3.40 3.30 ... 595.00 ... 637.50 177.50 ... 7.00 3078.25 3.60 1584.10 !
',20 260.50 ~ .20 485.00 i 00 580.00 f 90 1770.25 116.00 ... ... ... ... ' ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 16.90 229.60 ... ... , 44.30 6.00 casual formal 65.20 45.50 6.10 6.10 49.98 68.74 57.79 10.71 3.63 1.50 2.27 ... 1.19 ... 4.59 2.59 1.59 1.22 4.42 162.02 21.28 29.27 5.35 1.59 1533.94 935.14 1068.67 ... 303.97 2511.43 834.85 ... 1026.43 483.88 : 1744.75 54000.00 47000.00 157.59 231.75 1.52 1.85 95.00 115.00 3.03 3.22 10.75 2.81 0.94 26.37, 68.35 49.69 1.70 5.79 250.00 265.77 4384.00 330.00 60.00 6.50 76.47 260.00 -3.68 -52.82 -56.27 ... -33.24 ... ... -34.43 -28.06 ... -69.42 -73.48 -35.94 39.67 -83.37 -40.47 4.83 9.21 -72.13 -5.08 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.37 159.30 casual formal , long sleeve short sleeve 7.10 39.98 ... 4.70 ... ...
I ... 39.22 ... ... 1.46 2.46 2.17 1.28 59.21 99.88 84.00 49.56 ... ... ... ... ... 14 157.81 67.63 ... ... ... -18.41 -47.30 ... 111.64 -16.57 -1.44 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43.73 8.33 53.00 278.24 I ... ... ... ... ... TABLE 8 cont'd.
PRICE MOVEMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF SELECTED ITEMS IN BASE PERIODS JULY 1884 AND FEBRUARY 1994 I Men's suits Men's dress pants Men's jeans Boy's shirt Boy's trousers Women's shoes Girl's shoes Boy's shoes Men's shoes MISCELLANEOUS Toilet soap Toilet soap Tooth paste Deodorant Doctor's fees Dentist's fees UNIT 198~ WEIGHT PRICE WEIGHT PRICE 1992 1984 1994 % CHANGE % CHANGE IN WEIGHT IN WEIGHT 1984 TO 1982 TO 1994 1992 '" .. , 6.50 • 67.71 .

...
...

., ... long sleeve short sleeve 3.70 ... '" 36.45 ... ... 1.58 2.37 3.39 1.49 0.89 331.67 79.66 113.63 42.66 25.7 ... .., .., ... ... ... ... ... 4.10 32.48 2.75 40.75 -32.93 25.46 , casual formal casual formal casual formal casual formal ,145 gm 135 gm 76 gm 110 gm per visit 9.00 4.50 4.50 39.98 77.50 ... ... ... ... 3.10 2.60 146.40 6.50 ... (2) E20 I 3.30 '" ... ... ... ... 57.50 75.00 I 1.54 ... 3.93 9.40 20.00 ... 4.90 ."
... 1.08 1.75 1.81 1.30 1.89 3.04 160.16 ... ... 5.09 4.06 5.03 4.20 1.61 63.30 65.62 39.09 63.15 68.15 49.16 79.57 127.74 1.48 4.87 13.08 50.00 30.00 50.00 31.67 ... .., ... .., ... ... -39.03 16.92 9.40 ... ... -34.52 -38.66 58.33 -15.33 I 38.38 70.32 23.92 39.15 ... ... ... ... ... ... 27.27 150.00 ... u: 8291 I 88.26 66.67 58.35 Television fees , School tees(pre-sch.)

mon.

'h month 8.60 4.60 30.00 20.00 24.33 8.66 - - 15 TABLE 9.
CQNSUMER PRICE iNDICES BY GROUPS, SUB-GROUPS AND WEIGHTS 1992 COMPARED TO 1982 .. 1992 1982 % CHANGE WEIGHTS WEIGHTS 1982/1992 GROUPS SUb-groups ALL ITEMS FOOD MEAT Meat(fresh,chill.

or frozen) Meat(preserveQ) Fish and Fish Preparations Dairy Products Oils and Fats Cereals , VEGETABLES AND FRUITS Vegetables and 9"uits .

Fruit'and Fruit Preparations Sugar and Other Sweets Miscellaneous Items Meals Taken Away From Home Non-alcoholic Bevnrages ALCOHOLIC BEV.
& TOBACCO Alcoholic Beverages Tobacco Products I HOUSING ,1 UTILITIES , Rent (excluding electricity) Fuel Supplies Utility Services Repairs to House Insurance Payments Home Help Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning Servo I ,.. 16 1000.00 401.81 48.17 36.37 11.80 39.98 36.57 8.97 70.49 122.99 64.60 58.39 15.24 29.67 20.78 8.95 16.16 12.11 4.05 133.71 35.28 15.16 55.31 17.61 2.89 5.89 1.57 , , J 1000.00 431.3 62.3 , .. 33.3 58.5 14.2 71.7 105.2 ·.

.

.., ... <.
.

.., ... <.

17.7 17.7 20.9 29.8 20.3 16.2 4.1 160.8 90.6 28.0 42.2 ' .. ·.. · .. , ' .

I -6.84 -22.68 " l'" .

.. 20.06 -37.49 -36.83 -1.69 16.91 .­ " i' . "

­ -13.90 67.63 -0.57 I -69.97 -20.39 -25.25 -1.22 -16.85 -61.06 -45.86 31.07 .. " ~ .. " ..

.'

.. ~ -.

.. TABLE 9 cont'd.

CONSUMER PRICE INCiICES BY GROUPS, SUB-GROUPS AND WEIGHTS 1992 COMPARED TO 1982 " GROUPS Sub-groups 1992 1982 WEIGHTS WEIGHTS % CHANGE 1982/1992 60.0 22.7 37.3 ,.. .

.. ' .

~ 1 116.0 ,.. ... , ..


I ' · ... 65.2 45.5 19.7 ..- 146.4 61.8 ... '.

.'

.. , ,'" " 84.6 -3.68 -51.67 -70.16 .

., " r .

, · .. 39.67 r • , · , .

.

4.83 9.21 -19.95 " .. 9.40 -38.17 - - ­ ., .,.

.. -, · .

-74.29 FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMEN-r Furniture & Furnishings Kitchen Equipment Recreational Equipment Laundry and Cleaning Equip.

House Cleaning Repairs to EQUipment .


TRANSPOF\TATION Purchased Transportation Purchase of Motor Vehicles Operational Expenses Insurance and Fees CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Clothing Footwear Clothing Accessories MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Personal Care & Supplies Medicines and Health Exp.
Personal Life Insurance Educational Expenses Sporting & Other Recreation Other Miscellaneous 57.79 10.97 11.13 11.69 3.58 19.27 1.15 ',82.02 50.34 50.89 46.29 14.50 38.35 ~9.69 15.77 12.89 160.16 38.21 15.75 4.80 49.59 30.06 21.75 I J 7 TABLE 10.

FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 ITEMS DESCRIPTION AND3PECIFICATION UNIT ,,: FEB 1994 = 1000 BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE ALL ITEMS 1 FOOD MEAT 1.01 MEAT (fresh.
chilled or frozen) , Beef (a' local (b) imported Chicken (a) backs and neck,s (b) wings (c) wholelegs (d) thighs Pork (a) local (b) imported Mutton Turkey drumsticks , 1.02 MEAT(Preserved) Salted BeeF Corned Beef Salted Pork Sausages Sausages Bacon Ham I 1.03 FISH AND FISH PRE ~,\RATIONS Fish (fresh) (a) pot (b) tuna , (c) red snapper, Salted Fish Smoked Fish Canned Fish (a) sardines (b) tuna 1.04 DAIRY PRODUCTS MILK Fresh Milk Evaporated Milk:, Powdered Milk Butter Cheese Eggs .. ' I 0.00 -4.77 2.87 20.77 4.37 13.82 -9.09 98.22 32.00 0.00 5.17 -5.16 4.04 11.72 -3.05 -43.05 -2.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.12 16.32 5.39 2.41 0.00 0.00 -0.67 -3.35 2.32 0.83 .. Kg Kg 51b.
51b.

51b.

51b.

Kg Kg , Kg Kg kg 12 qz.

Kg 1 lb.

7.50z.

140g kg 450g Kg .

Kg Kg Kg Kg 106g 6.1250z.

75 cl.

410g 1800g 250g Kg Doz 18 TABLE 10 cont.

FE8RUAFW 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 199q ITEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION UNIT 1 BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE 1.05 OILS &.
FATS Cooking Oil Margarine 1.06 CEREALS Bread I (a) sandwich loaf(sliced) Other Cereal Products Flour (loose 'white) Rice (a) loose white (b) brand packaged Macaroni Corn Meal Cassava Farina Cornflakes Oats Breakfast Food(Drinks: Instant Chocolate Coffee (a) instant (b) local beans Tea Ovaltine Milo " •.. 1.07 VEGETABLES AND F'1UITS VEGETABLES(Fresh) Tomatoes Carrots Cabbages Onions (imported) Garlic (imported) Cucumbers Pumpkins Lettuce· Sweet Peppers Celery Parsley Thyme Scallions(ch ives) STARCHY FOODS Yams Dasheens Bananas(green) Potatoes(not sweet) Potatoes(sweet) " Tannias Plantains (green) Plantains (ripe) Breadfruits ,i 1 litre kg 8.11 4.19 8.11 4.27 0.00 1.91 2.75 2.75 1.90 1.98 2.18 2.91 2.31 3.57 11.17 7.46 5.17 2.05 3.28 2.28 3.87 11.20 7.69 5.19 0.00 4.21 -5.96 12.71 - -1.34 0.00 150.00 3.77 50.00 -3.17 -13.85 -55.93 50.17 33.33 -20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -17.50 35.80 -12.82 13.43 115.69 12.44 26.77 23.89 77.51 pkg Kg Kg 21b pkg 206g Kg Kg 1989 550g 1989 50g kg pkg/25 bags 400g 450g Kg Kg Kg Kg Kg Kg kg medium head Kg bundle bundle bundle bundle Kg Kg Kg Kg Kg Kg Kg kg Kg 19 TABLE 10 cont.
FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 I ITEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION UNIT .
DRIED VEGETABLES Peas Beans Lentils CANNED VEGETABLES 1,08 FRUIT AND FRUIT PREPARATIONS I "'8SI'l "rults Oranges Grapefruits Limes Coconuts (dry) Gelly) Ripe Bananas Melons Pawpaw Soursop Peanuts (unshelled) Dried Fruit(prunes) , I 1.09 SUGAR AND OTHER SWEETS ,SUGAR OR EQUIVALENT While Sugar Brown Sugar 1.10 MISCELLANEOUS CONDIMENTS AND SAUCES CONDIMENTS Salt Nutmegs Ginger ,.. SAUCES AND RELISHES Tomato Ketchup Pepper Sauce Mustard BABY FOODS (a) Cereal (b) Strained/puree food Kg Kg Kg 8.50z.
Each Each kg each Each kg Kg Kg Kg Kg kg kg kg kg.

kg kg 750ml 85ml 175ml MEALS TAKEN AWAY FROM HOME Ham Sandwich Roti DRINKS TAKEN AWAY FROM HOME Passion fruit juice Grapefruit juice ,. "
each each medium glass medium glass 20 BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE 7.61 7.36 5.18 2.99 6.59 7.09 3.70 2.93 -13.40 -3.67 -28.57 -2.01 I 0.33 0.20 3.66 0.29 1.00 1.10 3.30 2.93 2.34 13.90 12.85 0.50 0.20 3.50 0.33 1.00 1.00 1.98 2.93 2.34 13.20 9.74 51.52 0.00 -4.37 13.79 0.00 -9.09 -40.00 0.00 0.00 -5.04 - -4.08 0.00 -1.58 -2.15 .. .
.

.. .. .

, TABLE 10 cont.

FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 ITEM DESCRJRTJON AND SPECIFICATION UNIT .. 1.11 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGGS BASE PRICE FEB .

1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE Coca-c0la Coke Juc Instant drink 2.0 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND T08ACCO 2.01 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES .'

Rum Whisky Brandy Gin Win~ Beers Stout 2.02 TOBACCO PRODUCTS Cigarettes '-7 Tobacl~o 3.0 HOUSING AND UTILITIES 3.01 RENT(excl.
electricity) I (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) t 3.02 FUEL SUPPLIES Kerosene Charcoal Gas(cooking) 3.03 UTILITY SERVICES Electricity Telephone (rental of one standard telephone + 138 excess calls) Water Rates (avg.

of metered & nor,.

mete ed) Sewerage Rates (owner occupied) 3.03 REPAIRS TO HOUSE· Lumber Cement Steel Paint Labour unskilled skilled ,.

... 85ml 85ml 350g 1.25 1.25 7.20 1.20 1.20 6.59 750ml 75cl 70cl 75cl 750ml 8.75 fl.oz.

275ml pkg/20 pkg/20 kg month month month month month month month gal.
ker(box) 20 lb.
cylinder I -4.00 -4.00 -8.47 5.60 -1.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 -4.90 0.00 -0.36 5.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.67 0.00 month 92.88 93.49 0.66 58.64 58.64 24.39 5.00 3.08 14.16 11.59 65.00 37.50 67.00 24.39 5.00 3.08 15.07 11.59 56.00 37.50 67.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.43 0.00 -13.85 0.00 0.00 month month month foot 941b 1/2"/length 20ft.
gallon day day 2 1 TABLE 10 cont FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 ·' ITEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION .
UNIT 3.04 HOME INSURANCE PAvMENTS 3.05 HOME HELP SERVICE 3.06 LAUNC,RY AND DRY CLEANING SERVICES (a) one medium load (b) one suit(ladies) (c) one suit(men's) I month month per load per suit per suit BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE 9.00 216.00 9.00 216.00 I 0.00 0.00 5.50 25.00 24.00 5.50 22.00 24.00 0.00 -12.00 0.00 4.0 FURNITt,JRE AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 4.01 FURNITURE & FURNISHN 3S I Living Room Furniture three piecese\ Carpet (vinyl) Dining Room Furniture' Table with 4.chairs Bedroom Furniture Beds (double-woodl~ ) Mattresses (double,6/) Sheets (4 piece full) Ward robes(standard, mirror,5 drawers) 4.02 BABIES' FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT 'Cribs (standard)' Blankets 30" • 30" 4.03 KITCHEN EQUIPM EI\JT Refrigerator 15 cu.fl Stove 4 burner Blender 7 speed, 1 1/4 litre cup Pots regular 26cm 4.06 RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT Radios with recon;1er( higr, speed, cont.
play) Stereo Sets(doubre dar: <,6 band equaliser, cd,turn table,ra(lio amlfri1 Television Sets (a) black & vthite (b) colour 20 inch rem, te control VCR'S(Video PiayerslflecorL ers) 4.07 LAUNDRY & CLEANING EQUIPMENT Washing Machines 7 cycles Iron steam set yard set each each set each each pkg/2 each each each each set set set set set set each each 1533.94 15.97 1530.47 12.51 -0.23 - -3.68 0.00 -0.85 5.01 6.04 10.00 -0.06 -1.86 0.00 4.95 -21.68 -9.69 -32.54 4.42 -7.17 0.98 24.54 22 TABLE 10 cont.
FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 ITEMS DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION UNIT .. .
, 4.08 HOUSE CLEANING' LAUNDRY SUPPLlE~ Soap (a) bar (b) powder Bleach Fabric Softener SPRAYS AND DISINFECTANTS In..;\ IJjlray Baygon Insect -Repellants Fish Coil Toilet Disinfectant Air fresheners 'OJ 4.10 REPAIRS TO EQUPMENT/FURNITURE Refrigerator(m inor) Television(minor) 5.0 TRANSPORTt.TION 5.01 PURCHASED TRANSPORTATION Bus Fares (a) 8 miles frorp city(1 way) Taxi Fares 3 miles from city(1 way) Air Fares (a)Dom/New York/Dom 21 dys (b)Dom/St.Maart/Dom 21 dys Sea Travel (a)Dom.lG./oupe/Dom.
5.02 PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Motor C"Irs Vans Bicycles 5.03 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES Petrol regular Oil & Grease (a) oil (b) grease Tyres Batteries Servicing(labour) I (a) motor car 1300cc (minor serv.)

(b) van Servicing(vehicle parts) (a) motor car 1300cc (minor serv.)

(b) van 5.04 INSURANCE, TAXES,FEES Insurance Vehicle License Drivers License 1 each 400g 1611.Oz.

1 litre 400ml pkg/6 340g 300ml each each fare fare fare fare fare each each each gall.
can can each each BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE 0.75 3.40 3.00 6.60 0.75 3.51 2.50 6.89 0.00 3.24 -16.67 4.39 13.95 11.79 - I .
0.00 0.00 41.43 6.50 6.50 0.00 11.00 10.00 157.59 231.75 11.00 10.30 157.59 208.57 0.00 3.00 0.00 -10.00 per service per service 95.00 115.00 95.00 115.00 0.00 0.00 per service per service 250.00 265.77 215.00 265.77 -14.00 0.00 4384.00 330.00 60.00 4384.00 440.00 80.00 0.00 33.33 33.33 year year year 23 TABLE 10 cont.

FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 ITEMS DESCRIPTION .
UNIT 6.0 CLOTHING FOOTWEAR AN[ ACCESSORIES BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE 6.01 CLOTHING 6.011 WOMENSWEAR Dresses (a) casual (b) formal Blouses Skirts Suits Creeemaking Dressmaking Material (a)formal (b)semi-formal ,.
,i each each each each each 2 piece per yard per yard 7fJ.47 260.00 37.06 59.58 159.30 50.00 85.00 245.00 44.24 56.24 304.98 50.00 11.15 -5.77 19.37 -5.61 91.45 0.00 11.63 13.60 15.40 10.77 32.42 -20.81 , 6.012 GIRLSWEAR Dresses (a) casual (b) formal Girls' blouses 6.013 MSNSWEAR Shirts (a) long sleeve (b) short sleeve Suits Pants men's dress pants Men's Jeans Sportswear (a) sneakers (b) ~horts 6.014 BOYSWEAR Shirts (a) long sleeve (b) short sleeve Pants Boy's Jeans 6.015 INFANTSWEAR I I Each Each each each each each Each each each pair each each each each each Disposabre diapers (pkg/12) Cotion Diapers (pkI1/12) Pkg/12 dozen 6.02 FOOTWEAR 6.021 WOMENS' SHOES (a) casual (b) formal p.022 GIRL'S SlimES (a) casual (b) formal 6.023 BOY'S SHOES (a) casual (b) formal 6.024 MEN'S SHOES (a) casual (b) formal pair pair pair pair pair pair pair pair 24 59.21 99.88 41.15 80.93 115.49 39.95 36.68 15.63 -2.92 84.00 49.56 331.67 80.67 46.85 331.67 -3.96 -5.47 0.00 I -3.14 -5.11 0.00 51.94 0.00 20.04 0.00 0.00 3.81 0.00 -9.07 10.76 -2.74 5.57 -27.53 2.36 0.00 -0.05 TABLE 10 cont.
FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1995 , ITEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION UNIT each each each 135g 80ml 175ml each 10 oz.

16 fl.oz.

50ml 2 fl.oz.

one one one 120ml 30g 300ml pkg pkg per visit per visit per exam .
month month 6.03 CLOTHING ACCESSORIES Watches Women's Men's Handbags/Pocket Books 7,0 MISCELLANEOUS EXFENSES 7.01 PERSONAL CARE SUPPLIES Personal Hygiene Toilet Soap Tooth Paste Deodorant Tooth Brushes Personal Toilet Suppll~' Cosmetic Cream Body Lotion Perfumes Colognes Hair Care and Supplies Hair cuts(men) Hair dressing(ladies) Hair perm Hair wash & set 7.02 PATENT MEDICINES Liquid Medicine Medicated Cream Vitamin Supplement(liquid) ., 7.03 CONTRACePTIVES Oral Pills Condom 7.04 HEALTH EXPENSES Doctor's Fees Dentist's Fees Eye Specialist .'
Health Insurance 7.05 PERSONAL LIFE INSURANCE 7.06 SPORTING ACTIVITIES Entrance"Fees To Spectator Sports 7.07 OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Marpin TV Service Cinema Fares 7.08 READING MATERIAL & OTHER EXPENSES Newspaoer Magazines BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB 1995 % CHANGE 272.50 360.00 272.50 360.00 0.00 0.00 59.20 56.37 - -0.68 -0.41 -1.22 0.00 9.46 0.00 -6.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.91 7.91 0.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 one ticket 5.00 5.00 0.00 month one ticket 50.00 4.00 50.00 5.00 0.00 25.00 I 1.25 6.18 I 1.25 6.18 l 0.00 0.00 I each each 25 TABLE 10 cant.
FEBRUARY 1994 BASE PRICE TO FEBRUARY 1995 ITEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION UNIT BASE PRICE FEB. 1994 FEB. 1995 % CHANGE I .. 31.67 40.00 27.37 34.30 28.75 33.28 26.00 39.55 0.89 1.12 0.90 0.90 0.25 40.00 40.00 27.02 30.20 29.00 41.47 27.14 38.93 0.89 1.12 0.90 0.90 0.25 26.30 0.00 I -1.28 -11.95 0.87 24.61 4.38 -1.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.09 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES School fees Music lessons Text Books (a) Engli"h form 1 (b) Engli:;h form 4 (c) Maths form 1 (d) Maths form 4 ,., ••1.
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