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HK Jan Overall Consumer Prices Hike 2.4%; Underlying Inflation Inches Up to 3%
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (February 22) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for January 2019. According to the Composite CPI, overall consum...
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HK Jan Overall Consumer Prices Hike 2.4%; Underlying Inflation Inches Up to 3%
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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (February 22) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for January 2019. According to the Composite CPI, overall consumer prices rose by 2.4% in January 2019 over the same month a year earlier, slightly smaller than the corresponding increase (2.5%) in December 2018, mainly due to the Government's provision of electricity charge subsidy starting from January 2019. Netting out the effects of all Government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of increase in the Composite CPI (i.e. the underlying inflation rate) in January 2019 was 3%, slightly larger than that in December 2018 (2.9%), mainly due to the enlarged increases in the costs for meals bought away from home and the charges for household services.

A Government spokesman said that the underlying inflation rate edged up to 3% in January. Given the likely distortion from the difference in timing of the Lunar New Year (which fell in early February this year but in mid-February last year), it would be more meaningful to examine the figures for January and February combined, when available, to assess the underlying inflation situation.

In the near term, the upside risks to inflation should remain contained. The recent moderation in fresh-letting residential rentals could have a mitigating effect in the months ahead. The moderating global economic growth and the earlier strengthening of the US dollar versus other major currencies should help keep external price pressures in check. The Government will continue to monitor the inflation developments closely, particularly the impact on the lower-income people.
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