Capital
and financial non-reserve assets (net changes)
9,632
-24,141
-18,815
66,031
38,688
79,154
64,502
201,995
-16,746
12,650
Reserve assets(net change)
-55,029
-10,263
-51,259
-147,317
-68,900
-143,096
-106,625
-230,641
-20,175
-5,498
( )
The
rates of change in CPIs since 2007 were affected by a
number of Government's one-off relief measures,
including the public housing rental waiver by the
HousingAuthority and Housing Society in February 2007;
the rates concession of up to $5,000 per quarter in
April ¡V September 2007 and January 2008 ¡V March
2009; thepublic housing rental waiver by Housing Society
in February 2008; Government's payment of public housing
rentals in August ¡V October 2008, August ¡V September
2009 and July ¡V August 2010; the suspension of
Employees Retraining Levy since August 2008;
Government¡¦s provision of electricity charge subsidy
starting from September 2008; and the rates concession
of up to $1,500 per quarter in April 2009 ¡V March
2011. The figures in brackets denote the rates of change
upon removing the effects of all these Government¡¦s
one-off relief measures.
*
Four series of Consumer Price Indices(CPIs) are
compiled to reflect the impact of consumer price changes
on households in different expenditure ranges.
The
CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C) are compiled based on the
expenditure patterns of households in the relatively
low, medium and relatively high expenditure ranges. By
aggregating the expenditure patterns of all households
covered by the above three indices, a Composite CPI is
also compiled to reflect the impact of consumer price
changes on the household sector as a whole. The
year-on-year rate of change in this index is generally
taken to reflect overall consumer price inflation.¡@
The
CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C) respectively cover some 50%,
30% and 10% of households in Hong Kong. The monthly
household expenditures (in HK$) of these groups in the
base period (i.e. October 2004 - September 2005) were
$4,000-$15,499, $15,500-$27,499 and $27,500-$59,999
respectively. Taking into account the impact of price
changes since the base period, the monthly household
expenditure ranges of the CPI(A), CPI(B), and CPI(C)
adjusted to the price level of 2009 are broadly
equivalent to $4,300-$16,900, $16,900-$30,400 and
$30,400-$66,500 respectively.
