The Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Jan. 20 that Hong Kong's overall consumer prices registered a year-on-year increase of 2.4 percent in December 2021.
Netting out the effects of the HKSAR government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of increase in the composite consumer price index (CPI) in December 2021 was 1.4 percent, larger than the 1.2 percent in November 2021.
For 2021 as a whole, the composite CPI recorded a 1.6 percent increase year-on-year, while the underlying consumer price inflation rate averaged 0.6 percent.
Looking ahead, a spokesman for the HKSAR government said that external price pressures may increase further amid elevated global inflation and the pandemic-induced logistic disruptions.
Nevertheless, the underlying inflation should stay broadly in check in the near term, as the latest wave of local epidemic has weighed on some consumption-related activities and domestic cost pressures remain limited.
Source: Xinhua
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