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The Consumer Price Index

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Table 6
Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, preferred measures of core inflation - Bank of Canada definitions, year-over-year percent change, Canada^{Table 6 Note 1}^{Table 6 Note 2}
Table summary
This table displays the results of Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics CPI-common, CPI-median and CPI-trim, calculated using % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	%
	CPI-common^{Table 6 Note 3}^{Table 6 Note 5}	CPI-median^{Table 6 Note 4}^{Table 6 Note 6}	CPI-trim^{Table 6 Note 4}^{Table 6 Note 7}
CANSIM vector number	(v108785713)	(v108785714)	(v108785715)
2015
January	1.7	1.7	1.7
February	1.7	1.6	1.6
March	1.6	1.5	1.6
April	1.6	1.4	1.4
May	1.6	1.5	1.5
June	1.6	1.6	1.5
July	1.6	1.7	1.6
August	1.6	1.7	1.6
September	1.6	1.7	1.7
October	1.7	1.8	1.7
November	1.7	1.9	1.8
December	1.7	2.0	1.8
2016
January	1.7	2.0	1.8
February	1.7	2.0	1.8
March	1.7	2.1	1.8
April	1.7	2.3	2.0
May	1.7	2.3	2.0
June	1.6	2.3	2.1
July	1.5	2.2	2.0
August	1.5	2.0	1.9
September	1.5	2.1	1.9
October	1.4	2.0	1.8
November	1.3	1.8	1.6
December	1.4	1.8	1.6
2017
January	1.3	1.8	1.7
February	1.3	1.8	1.6
March	1.3	1.6	1.4
April	1.3	1.6	1.3
May	1.3	1.5	1.2
June	1.4	1.5	1.2
July	1.4	1.7	1.3
August	1.5	1.8	1.4
September	1.5	1.8	1.4
October	1.6	1.7	1.5
November	1.5	1.9	1.8
December	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
.. not available for a specific reference period Note 1 For more information on these measures of core inflation, please consult the methodology and general information documents found in our Definitions, data sources and methods – record number 2301. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The Bank of Canada's preferred measures of core inflation, CPI-common, CPI-median and CPI-trim, are subject to revision. In the case of CPI-median and CPI-trim, the revisions result from the fact that these measures are based on seasonally adjusted price index series. In the case of CPI-common, revisions are due to the statistical technique used, as the factor model is estimated over all available historical data. The CANSIM table 326-8023 contains historical data for these three measures and is updated on a monthly basis. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 This measure is based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) series adjusted to remove the effect of changes in indirect taxes. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 This measure is based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) series that have been treated to remove the effect of changes in indirect taxes, and that have been seasonally adjusted. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 CPI-common is a measure of core inflation that tracks common price changes across categories in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 CPI-median is a measure of core inflation corresponding to the price change located at the 50th percentile (in terms of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket weights) of the distribution of price changes in a given month. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 CPI-trim is a measure of core inflation that excludes Consumer Price Index (CPI) components whose rates of change in a given month are located in the tails of the distribution of price changes. Return to note 7 referrer

Date modified:: 2017-12-21