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The Canadian Consumer Price Index Reference Paper
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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
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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
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Population Coverage
Geographical Coverage
Product Coverage
Prices used in the Consumer Price Index
Time Represented in the Consumer Price Index
Chapter 5 – Sample Strategy and Price Collection
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General Sampling Approach
Specific Sampling Approaches
Chapter 6 – Calculation of the Consumer Price Index
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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
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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
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
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