Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index, September 2015
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Released: 2015-10-30
The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index (CMSPI) decreased 0.4% in September. Both the couriers (-0.5%) and the local messengers and local delivery (-0.2%) components declined.
On a year-over-year basis, the CMSPI decreased 1.0% in September compared with the same month a year earlier. The couriers component decreased 0.4%, while the local messengers and local delivery component declined 4.0%.
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Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index
Note to readers
The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index (CMSPI) is a monthly price index measuring price changes for courier and messenger services provided by long- and short-distance delivery companies to Canadian-based business clients.
Data are available at the Canada level only.
With each release, data for the previous six months may have been revised. The index is not seasonally adjusted.
Next release
The CMSPI for October will be released on November 27.
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