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| What's New> Articles>Consumer Price Index April 05 Table 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April 2005 stood at 133.92. The pervious month (March 2005) CPI stood at 133.84. One year earlier (April 2004), the index stood at 132.69. Monthly Comparison In a monthly comparison, there were some slight changes within the subgroups. There were no decreases in the monthly comparison. On the other hand there were increases in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco subgroup by 0.09 percentage points due to the upward movement in cost of cheese (cheddar), Potatoes (White) and Vegetable oil. The Miscellaneous subgroup increased by 0.63 percentage points due to an increase in the price of Toothpaste. All the other subgroups remain unchanged namely Housing, Furniture & Household Supplies, Clothing & Footwear, Transportation and Services. Annual Comparison In an annual comparison, changes were recorded in all of the subgroups. The Furniture & Household Supplies subgroup and Transportation subgroup fell by 0.30 and 0.36 percentage points respectively. On the other hand, the Food, Beverage & Tobacco subgroup registered an increase of 2.38 percentage points, while the Housing subgroup increased by 0.19 percentage points. Clothing & Footwear recorded an upward movement of 1.17 percentage points, Services rose 1.88 percentage points and the Miscellaneous subgroup increased by 0.60 percentage points. Rate of Inflation The point-to-point monthly and annual rate of inflation stood at 0.05, and 0.92 percent respectively. TABLE 1
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