Computer and peripherals price indexes, January 2014
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Released: 2014-02-28
Prices for commercial computers decreased 1.4% from December to January, while consumer computer prices rose by 1.9%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices fell 0.2% and printer prices were down 0.7%.
Year over year, prices declined for both commercial computers (-3.9%) and consumer computers (-4.5%). Monitor prices decreased 4.5% while printer prices rose by 0.1%.
Note to readers
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.
The computer and peripherals price indexes for February will be released on March 28.
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