Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index, February 2013
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Released: 2013-03-28
The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index decreased 0.2% in February compared with January. The courier portion fell 0.3% while the local messenger component advanced 0.5%.
The index increased 2.7% in February compared with the same month in 2012.
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The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index is a monthly price index measuring the change over time in prices for courier and messenger services provided by long and short distance delivery companies to Canadian-based business clients.
Data for the current month and the previous six months of the series are subject to revision. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.
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