Macao: September composite consumer price index up 1.33% year on year

Zhito Finance APP has learned that according to data from the Statistics and Census Service of Macao, the Composite Consumer Price Index for September 2026 rose by 1.33% year-on-year and by 0.14% month-on-month; for the twelve months ending in September of this year, the average Composite Consumer Price Index rose by 1.03% compared with the same period a year earlier (October 2024 to September 2025). Compared with the same month last year, the price index for the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages major section rose by 1.25%, mainly due to higher charges for dining out and takeaway, while an increase in gasoline prices also drove the Transport major section to record a rise of 4.39%. The Miscellaneous Goods and Services (including personal care, insurance, and jewellery and watches, etc.) and Information and Communications major sections rose by 2.52% and 2.28% year-on-year respectively. The CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 1.20% and 1.44% year-on-year respectively.