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Reader's Guide

Chapter 1 – Introduction to the Canadian Consumer Price Index

  • Availability and Uses
    Scope of the Index
    Classifications
    Sample Strategy
    Price Collection
    Calculation of the Consumer Price Index
    Quality Change and Adjustment
    Weights and Basket Updates
    Reliability and Uncertainty
    Treatment of Owned Accommodation
    Seasonal Products
    History of the Canadian Consumer Price Index

Chapter 2 – Availability and Uses

  • Availability of Information
    Interpreting Percentage Changes
    Contributions to Price Change
    Rounding in the Consumer Price Index
    Uses of the Consumer Price Index

Chapter 3 – Scope of the Index

  • Population Coverage
    Geographical Coverage
    Product Coverage
    Prices used in the Consumer Price Index
    Time Represented in the Consumer Price Index

Chapter 4 – Classifications

Chapter 5 – Sample Strategy and Price Collection

  • General Sampling Approach
    Specific Sampling Approaches

Chapter 6 – Calculation of the Consumer Price Index

  • Calculation of Elementary Indices (lower level)
    The Standard Approach for Calculating Elementary Price Indices
    Other Methods for Calculating Elementary Price Indices
    Calculation of the Consumer Price Index Above Elementary Indices (upper level)

Chapter 7 – Quality Change and Adjustment

Chapter 8 – Weights and Basket Updates

  • Meaning and Construction of the Consumer Price Index Weights
    Updating the Consumer Price Index Basket
    Chain-linking Indices Across Baskets
    Contributions to Index Percentage Change Across Baskets
    Rebasing an Index

Chapter 9 – Reliability and Uncertainty

  • Error at the Lower Level of Consumer Price Index Calculation
    Error at the Upper Level of Consumer Price Index Calculation

Chapter 10 – Treatment of Owned Accommodation and Seasonal Products

  • Concepts Surrounding the Treatment of Owned Accommodation
    Treatment of Owned Accommodation in the Consumer Price Index
    Treatment of Seasonal Products
    Seasonal Adjustment of Price Indices

Chapter 11 – History

Glossary

Appendix A – Common Price Index Formulae

Appendix B – Detailed Calculation Features of Basic Class Indices

Appendix C – Detailed Chronology of Basket Updates and Changes to the Consumer Price Index

References

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