Computer and peripherals price indexes, February 2015
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Released: 2015-03-27
Prices for commercial computers increased 0.8% from January to February and consumer computer prices were up 0.4%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices increased 6.0% and printer prices rose 0.2%.
Year over year, prices for commercial computers declined 0.1% and prices for consumer computers were down 2.3%. Monitor prices increased 6.4% and printer prices were up 0.2%.
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. With each release, data for the previous six months may have been revised. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.
These indexes are available at the Canada level only.
The computer and peripherals price indexes for March will be released on April 24.
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