Commercial Software Price Index

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July 2011  (Previous release)

The Commercial Software Price Index (CSPI) increased by 0.3% from June to July.

Year over year, the CSPI was down by 3.9%.

Note: The Commercial Software Price Index is a monthly series measuring the change in the purchase price of pre-packaged software typically bought by businesses and governments. This release presents data that are not seasonally adjusted and the indexes published are subject to a six month revision period after dissemination of a given month's data.

This index is available at the Canada level only.

Available on CANSIM: table 331-0006.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5068.

The Commercial software price indexes for August will be released on September 30.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-888-951-4550; 613-951-4550; fax: 1-855-314-8765 or 613-951-3117; ppd-info-dpp@statcan.gc.ca), Producer Prices Division.