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Balance of Payments Account | |||
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) In the first quarter of 2010, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 8.2% in real terms over a year earlier, compared with the 2.5% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +2.5% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +8.2% year-on-year |
 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
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Private consumption expenditure Private consumption expenditure increased by 6.5% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with the 4.8% growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +4.8% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +6.5% year-on-year |
 Private consumption expenditure |
Gross domestic fixed capital formation Gross domestic fixed capital formation increased by 10.5% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010, following the 14.1% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +14.1% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +10.5% year-on-year |
 Gross domestic fixed capital formation |
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Total exports of goods In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased by 19.3% over May 2009, while that of domestic exports increased by 14.5%. Taken together, the volume of total exports of goods increased by 19.2%. (Full press release) |
Previous Apr 2010 +16.7% year-on-year | Current May 2010 +19.2% year-on-year |
 Total exports of goods |
Domestic exports of goods In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's domestic exports of goods increased by 14.5% over May 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous Apr 2010 +8.6% year-on-year | Current May 2010 +14.5% year-on-year |
 Domestic exports of goods |
Re-exports of goods In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased by 19.3% over May 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous Apr 2010 +16.9% year-on-year | Current May 2010 +19.3% year-on-year |
 Re-exports of goods |
Imports of goods In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's imports of goods increased by 22.7% over May 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous Apr 2010 +21.5% year-on-year | Current May 2010 +22.7% year-on-year |
 Imports of goods |
Exports of services Exports of services increased by 17.9% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with the 8.9% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +8.9% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +17.9% year-on-year |
 Exports of services |
Imports of services Imports of services increased by 10.2% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +2.5% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +10.2% year-on-year |
 Imports of services |
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Gross National Product (GNP) After netting out the effect of price changes, Hong Kong's GNP increased by 12.3% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with a decrease of 1.0% in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 -1.0% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +12.3% year-on-year |
 Gross National Product (GNP) |
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Balance of Payments (BoP) account Hong Kong recorded a surplus amounting to $20.2 billion in its Balance of Payments account (at 4.8% of GDP) in the first quarter of 2010, compared with a surplus of $230.6 billion (at 51.8% of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2009. At the end of the first quarter of 2010, Hong Kongˇ¦s net International Investment Position amounted to $5,624.2 billion (at 337% of GDP). (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +230.6 (HK$ billion) | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +20.2 (HK$ billion) |
 Balance of Payments Account |
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) According to the Composite CPI, overall consumer prices rose by 2.8% in June 2010 over the same month a year earlier. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of change in the Composite CPI for the 3-month period from April to June 2010 was 0.1%. (Full press release) |
Previous May 2010 +2.5% year-on-year | Current Jun 2010 +2.8% year-on-year |
 Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
Implicit price deflator of GDP (or GDP deflator) The implicit price deflator of GDP, as a broad measure of overall inflation in the economy, increased by 0.9% in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, after the 0.2% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release) |
Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +0.2% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +0.9% year-on-year |
 Implicit price deflator of GDP |
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Retail sales After netting out the effect of price changes, the volume of total retail sales increased by 16.2 % (provisional) in May 2010 when compared with a year earlier. (Full press release) |
Previous Apr 2010 +12.4% year-on-year | Current May 2010 +16.2% year-on-year |
 Retail sales |
Restaurant receipts After discounting the effect of price changes, total restaurant receipts rose by 4.3% in volume in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to a year earlier. (Full press release)
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Previous 4th Qtr 2009 +1.4% year-on-year | Current 1st Qtr 2010 +4.3% year-on-year |
 Restaurant receipts |
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Total labour force Total labour force increased by around 8 300 from 3 655 700 in March - May 2010 to 3 664 000 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous Mar - May 3 655.7 ('000) | Current Apr - Jun 3 664.0 ('000) |
 Total labour force |
Employed population Total employment increased by around 8 800 from 3 483 300 in March - May 2010 to 3 492 100 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous Mar - May 3 483.3 ('000) | Current Apr - Jun 3 492.1 ('000) |
 Employed population |
Unemployed population The number of unemployed persons (not seasonally adjusted) decreased by around 600 from 172 400 in March - May 2010 to 171 800 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous Mar - May 172.4 ('000) | Current Apr - Jun 171.8 ('000) |
 Unemployed population |
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 4.6% (provisional figure) in April - June 2010, same as that in March - May 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous Mar - May 4.6% | Current Apr - Jun 4.6%
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 Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate and Underemployment rate |
Underemployment rate The underemployment rate remained at 2.0% (provisional figure) in April - June 2010, same as that in March - May 2010. (Full press release) |
Previous Mar - May 2.0% | Current Apr - Jun 2.0%
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Labour wages The average wage rate for all the selected industry sections surveyed, as measured by the wage index, rose by 1.9% in nominal terms in March 2010 over a year earlier. (Full press release) |
Previous Dec 2009 +0.8% year-on-year | Current Mar 2010 +1.9% year-on-year |
 Labour wages |
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Population The provisional estimate of the Hong Kong population was 7 026 400 at end-2009, representing an increase of 37 500 or 0.5% over end-2008. (Full press release) |
Previous Mid - 2009 7 003.7 ('000) | Current End - 2009 7 026.4 ('000) |
 Population |
