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Title :

The Consumer Price Index in October 2007

Date :

2007-11-01

Writer :

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The Consumer Price Index in October 2007 was 105.9 (2005=100), up 0.2 percent from the previous month, or up 3.0 percent from the previous year.

< The Current Trend of Consumer Price Index >


(2005=100, %)

	2007
	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.
Index	103.5	104.1	104.5	104.6	104.6	105.0	105.1	105.7	105.9
Change over the previous month	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.2
Change over the same month of last year	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.3	3.0

< CPI by Basic Groups >


(2005=100, %)

	Number of Items	Weight	October 2006			October 2007
	Number of Items	Weight	Index	Change over the Previous Month	Change over the same month of last year	Index	Change over the Previous Month	Change over the same month of last year
All items	489	1000.0	102.8	-0.5	2.2	105.9	0.2	3.0
1. Food and non-alcohol beverages	131	140.4	101.6	-2.1	0.6	106.0	0.2	4.3
2. Alcohol beverages and tobacco	9	14.6	99.9	0.0	-0.2	100.5	0.0	0.6
3. Clothing and footwear	42	58.4	103.6	0.7	2.7	106.0	0.3	2.3
4. Housing, water, electricity and other fuels	19	170.4	104.1	-0.1	3.8	106.2	0.1	2.0
5. Furnishing and household equipment	52	41.7	102.7	0.0	2.7	107.0	0.0	4.2
6. Health	28	51.6	102.2	0.0	1.9	103.9	0.0	1.7
7. Transport	31	109.0	104.2	-1.7	1.2	109.8	0.4	5.4
8. Communication	13	60.2	98.3	-0.2	-1.2	96.7	0.0	-1.6
9. Recreation and culture	64	56.3	96.7	-0.3	-2.3	95.8	-0.1	-0.9
10. Education	23	110.9	105.7	0.1	5.1	112.2	0.1	6.1
11. Restaurants and hotels	43	132.7	102.4	0.1	2.0	104.2	0.2	1.8
12. Miscellaneous goods and services	34	53.8	105.9	-0.1	5.7	110.5	0.5	4.3