Consumer Price Index, a monthly measure of changes in the retail prices of goods and services purchased by Canadians in communities of 30 000 or more across the country. The index is based on the shopping "basket" of 375 goods and services (excluding commodities for personal benefit, eg, education or health care, which are financed by government) which, in 1967, families of 2-6 people with annual incomes of $4000-$6000 would buy. The index is also "weighted," emphasizing price changes in food and housing.
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- . "Consumer Price Index". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 07 March 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/consumer-price-index. Accessed 05 November 2024.
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- (2014). Consumer Price Index. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/consumer-price-index
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- . "Consumer Price Index." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 06, 2006; Last Edited March 07, 2014.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Consumer Price Index," by , Accessed November 05, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/consumer-price-index
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Consumer Price Index
Published Online February 6, 2006
Last Edited March 7, 2014
Consumer Price Index, a monthly measure of changes in the retail prices of goods and services purchased by Canadians in communities of 30 000 or more across the country.