Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (November 20) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for October 2025. According to the Composite CPI, overall consumer prices rose by 1.2% in October 2025 over the same month a year earlier, slightly larger than the corresponding increase (1.1%) in September 2025. Netting out the effects of all Government’s one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of increase in the Composite CPI (i.e. the underlying inflation rate) in October 2025 was 1.0%, the same as that in September 2025.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of increase in the Composite CPI for the 3-month period ending October 2025 was 0.1%, and that for the 3-month period ending September 2025 was 0.2%. Netting out the effects of all Government’s one-off relief measures, the corresponding rates of increase were both 0.1%.