Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index, May 2016
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Released: 2016-06-30
The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index (CMSPI) increased 0.8% in May. The couriers component rose 1.1%, while the local messengers and local delivery component decreased 0.3%.
Year-over-year change
The CMSPI was up 2.5% in May compared with the same month the previous year. The couriers component increased 3.2%, while the local messengers and local delivery component declined 0.8%.
Note to readers
The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index 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.
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