CONSTRUCTION PRICE INDEX
3rd Quarter 2009
Highlights

1. The Construction Price Index, which stood at 162.6 in June 2009 increased by 1.0% or 1.5 points during the 3rd quarter of 2009 to reach 164.1 in September 2009

2. On a monthly basis, the index increased by 1.0% in July and remained unchanged in August and September 2009.

3. The Materials sub index increased by 4.0%, or 0.8 points in July due to higher prices of sand (4.0%), block (4.0%), aggregate (2.9%), and metal openings (1.2%). During the same month, the prices of steel bars registered a decrease of 4.1%.

4. The “Labour” sub-index increased by 2.6% or 3.3 points following the 2009/2010 salary compensation rates in July.

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

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Introduction

Table 1.1: Monthly sub-indices by input category, October 2008 to September 2009

Table 1.2: Percentage change from previous month by input category, October 2008 to September 2009

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

Table 1.4: Net monthly contributions of input categories to the index, October 2008 to September 2009

Table 1.5: Quarterly average of monthly indices and percentage changes by input category, October 2008 to September

Table 2.1: Monthly sub-indices by work category, October 2008 to September 2009

Table 2.2: Percentage change from previous month by work category, October 2008 to September 2009

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

September 2009

Table 2.4: Net monthly contributions of work categories to the index, October 2008 to September 2009

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

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

Table 4: Construction Price Index - January 1999 to September 2009 (base period 4th Qtr 2001=100)

 
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