Macao: September composite consumer price index rose 1.33% year on year.

Macao's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) data shows that the September 2026 Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.33% year on year and 0.14% month on month; for the twelve months ending September this year, the average Composite CPI rose 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 & Non-Alcoholic Beverages major section rose 1.25%, mainly driven by higher charges for dining out and takeaway, while higher gasoline prices also drove the Transport major section to record an increase of 4.39%. The Miscellaneous Goods & Services (including personal care, insurance, and jewellery and watches) and Information & Communications major sections rose 2.52% and 2.28% year on year respectively. The CPI-A and CPI-B rose 1.20% and 1.44% year on year respectively. Compared with August, the September Composite CPI rose 0.14%. The price index for the Transport major section rose 0.70%, while the price indices for the Education and Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages major sections also rose 0.56% and 0.11% respectively. The CPI-A and CPI-B rose 0.12% and 0.16% month on month respectively. For the twelve months ending September this year, the average Composite CPI rose 1.03% compared with the same period a year earlier, while the average CPI-A and CPI-B rose 0.94% and 1.11% respectively. For the first nine months, the average Composite CPI rose 1.16% year on year, while the average CPI-A and CPI-B rose 1.04% and 1.24% respectively. In the third quarter, the average Composite CPI rose 1.25% year on year, while the average CPI-A and CPI-B rose 1.13% and 1.34% respectively; compared with the second quarter, the average Composite CPI rose 0.19%. DSEC compiles three series of CPI to reflect the impact of changes in goods/services prices on households in different expenditure groups. The CPI-A and CPI-B cover about 50% and 30% of households respectively, with average monthly expenditure of MOP 11,000 to 35,999 and MOP 36,000 to 71,999 respectively, while the Composite CPI covers all the above households; among them, the Housing & Fuels, Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Transport major sections account for relatively high shares of household expenditure, with weights of 34.47, 29.47 and 8.33 respectively.