Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between October and December 2016. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2016 was provided to the media in September 2015. No change has been made to the original schedule.
October 2016
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Date Press Release
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18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
July - September 2016
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for August 2016
20 Consumer Price Index for September 2016
21 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for September
2016
27 Salary indices for managerial and professional
employees for June 2016
November 2016
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for September 2016
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
third quarter 2016
10 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for September 2016
11 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2016:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the Third Quarter of 2016
and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2016"
issued by the Economic Analysis Division of the
Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit
under the Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
August - October 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2016
24 External merchandise trade statistics for October
2016
December 2016
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for October 2016
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for third quarter 2016
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service
industries for third quarter 2016
12 Construction output statistics for third quarter
2016
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price
Index for the industrial sector for third quarter
2016
15 Gross National Income and External Primary Income
Flows for third quarter 2016
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for October 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
September - November 2016
19 Statistics on trade involving outward processing
in the mainland of China for third quarter 2016
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for September
2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
by economic activity for third quarter 2016
20 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for third quarter 2016
29 External merchandise trade statistics for November
2016
29 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2016
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Third Quarter Economic Report 2016 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, September 30, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
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