HKs consumer prices rise 0.5% in September

Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in September over the same month last year, following a 1.6 percent drop in August, the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Thursday.

Netting out the effects of the local government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of change for the month was 0.3 percent down, the same as August. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of change for the period from July to September was 0.3 percent down.

Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in September over the same month last year, following a 1.6 percent drop in August, the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Thursday.

Netting out the effects of the local government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of change for the month was 0.3 percent down, the same as August. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of change for the period from July to September was 0.3 percent down.