Commercial Software Price Index, February 2013
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Released: 2013-03-28
The Commercial Software Price Index (CSPI) increased 1.1% in February compared with the previous month. This was the third consecutive monthly increase for the index.
Year over year, the CSPI was up 2.6%.
Note to readers
The Commercial Software Price Index is a monthly series measuring the change in the purchase price of pre-packaged software typically bought by businesses and governments. 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.
This index is available at the Canada level only.
The Commercial Software Price Index for March will be released on April 26.
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