Construction Price Index –
2nd Quarter 2009

Highlights 

1. The Construction Price Index, which stood at 163.5 as at March 2009, decreased by 0.6 % or 0.9 point during the 2nd quarter of 2009 to reach 162.6 in June 2009.

2. On a monthly basis, the index decreased by 0.4% in April, 0.1% in May and remained unchanged in June 2009.

3. The 0.4% decrease in April was due to lower prices of steel bars (8.9%), partly offset by increases of 2.9% in the prices of metal openings, particularly garage doors, and plumbing (9.7%). The 0.1% decrease in May was the result of lower prices of inputs for metal openings (1.6 %).

4. As a consequence of the above changes, the “Materials” sub-index decreased by 0.7 % or 1.3 points in April and by 0.2% or 0.4 point in May 2009.

5. The “Labour”, “Hire of Plant”, and “Transport” sub-indices remained unchanged during the second quarter of 2009.

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Introduction

Table 1.1: Monthly sub-indices by input category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 1.2: Percentage change from previous month by input category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 1.3: Percentage change from corresponding month of previous year by input category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 1.4: Net monthly contributions of input categories to the index, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 1.5: Quarterly average of monthly indices and percentage changes by input category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 2.1: Monthly sub-indices by work category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 2.2: Percentage change from previous month by work category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 2.3: Percentage change from corresponding month of previous year by input category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 2.4: Net monthly contributions of work categories to the index, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 2.5: Quarterly average of monthly indices and percentage changes by work category, July 2008 to June 2009

Table 3: Construction Price Index - January 1998 to June 2009

Table 4: Construction Price Index - January 1999 to June 2009 (base period 4th Qtr2001=100)

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