Computer and peripherals price indexes, May 2012

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Prices for commercial computers were unchanged from April to May, while consumer computer prices decreased 0.7%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices decreased 1.0% while printer prices were down 2.2%.

Year over year, prices declined for both commercial computers (-9.0%) and consumer computers (-6.6%). Also, monitor prices decreased 2.9% and printer prices were down 15.4%.

Note to readers

With this release, the computer and peripheral price indexes have been converted to 2011=100, with 2011 as the base year. The weights used in the compilation of the index have also been updated to reflect the sales of computers and peripherals.

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. This release presents data that are not seasonally adjusted, and the indexes published are subject to a six-month revision period after dissemination of a given month's data.

These indexes are available at the Canada level only.

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table331-0010 and CANSIM table331-0011.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number5032.

The computer and peripherals price indexes for June will be released on July 27.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Statistics Canada's National Contact Centre (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 613-951-8116; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or the Media Hotline (613-951-4636; statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@canada.ca).