Publication Title FREE Download Version Print Version * Results of the 2009/10 Household Expenditure Survey This article gives a brief account of the methodology and major findings of the Household Expenditure Survey conducted from October 2009 to September 2010. The survey results showed that on average, a household spent $21,623 a month on food, consumer goods and services in 2009/10. Analysis of ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 August 2011 Download Now - The 2009/10-based Consumer Price Indices Based on the results of the 2009/10 round of Household Expenditure Survey(HES), the expenditure ranges and the weighting patterns of the CPI series have been updated. This article presents the main features of the new 2009/10-based CPI series and the usage of the new CPI series in deriving rates ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2011 Download Now - Consumer Price Index analysed by Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose In recent years, some economies started to adopt the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) developed by the United Nations in analysing the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In view of this, the Census and Statistics Department additionally compiles the 2004/05-based CPI ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2010 Download Now - Consumer Price Index and Its Movements during 1999 to 2008 The year-on-year rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is frequently quoted as the indicator of inflation. In the past decade, the CPI registered annual decreases in the early years due mainly to the weakness of the global economy. Besides, the increasing economic integration between ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2009 Download Now - Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Indices (Released on 21/4/2008) Among the commodities and services covered by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), some may have prices affected by seasonal factors. In other words, the prices of these consumer items are, on a regular basis, relatively high in certain months of a year but relatively low in some other months. Through ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 April 2008 Download Now - International Comparison Program The conventional approach of converting the values of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other expenditure aggregates into a common currency by means of market exchange rates does not produce statistics suitable for comparisons across economies. This is because market exchange rates may over- or ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 February 2008 Download Now - Consumer Price Index and Its Movements during 1997 - 2006 The year-on-year rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is frequently quoted as the indicator of inflation. In the past decade, consumer price inflation rate slowed down gradually at first. Then, the CPI even registered annual decreases due to the weakness of the global economy and ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2007 Download Now - Results of the 2004/05 Household Expenditure Survey This article gives a brief account of the methodology and major findings of the Household Expenditure Survey conducted from October 2004 to September 2005. The survey results showed that on average, a household spent $18,884 a month on food, consumer goods and ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 August 2006 Download Now - The 2004/05-based Consumer Price Indices A new round of the Household Expenditure Survey was conducted from October 2004 to September 2005 by the Census and Statistics Department. Based on the results of the survey, the expenditure ranges and the weighting patterns of the CPI series have been updated. This ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2006 Download Now - Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Indices (Released on 21/3/2005) Among the commodities and services covered by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), some may have prices affected by seasonal factors. In other words, the prices of these consumer items are, on a regular basis, relatively high in certain months of a year but relatively low ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 March 2005 Download Now - Consumer Price Index and its movements during 1994-2003 The year-on-year rate of change of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is frequently quoted as the indicator of inflation. In the past decade, consumer price inflation rate began to slow down gradually at first. Then, the CPI even registered annual decreases due to moderating consumer spending, ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2004 Download Now -