Computer and peripherals price indexes, October 2014
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Released: 2014-11-28
Prices for commercial computers increased 0.2% from September to October and consumer computer prices rose by 1.3%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices fell by 0.1% and printer prices increased by 0.6%.
Year over year, prices for commercial computers decreased 1.0% and prices for consumer computers were down by 1.8%. Monitor prices decreased by 0.3% and printer prices declined by 1.1%.
Note to readers
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. With each release, data for the previous six months may have been revised. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.
These indexes are available at the Canada level only.
The computer and peripherals price indexes for November will be released on December 23.
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