Computer and peripherals price indexes, April 2012

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Prices for commercial computers were unchanged from March to April, while consumer computer prices decreased 0.2%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices decreased 0.5% while printer prices were up 0.2%.

Year over year, prices declined for both commercial computers (-7.9%) and consumer computers (-6.1%). Also, monitor prices decreased 1.8% and printer prices were down 8.7%.

Note to readers

In June 2012, the computer and peripherals price indexes will be published on the base of 2011=100.

The new indexes will appear in CANSIM with the publication of data for the May 2012 reference month. The new series will appear in new CANSIM tables with new vectors. The old indexes, based on 2007=100, will be terminated with the data for the April 2012 reference month.

The computer and peripherals price indexes are monthly series measuring changes over time in the price of computers and computer peripherals sold to governments, businesses and consumers. 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.

These indexes are available at the Canada level only.

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table331-0007 and CANSIM table331-0008.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number5032.

The computer and peripherals price indexes for May will be released on June 29.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Statistics Canada's National Contact Centre (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 613-951-8116; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or the Media Hotline (613-951-4636; statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@canada.ca).