Wholesale and Retail Services Price Indexes: Interactive Tool
Data
The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following listed data tables:
- Table 18-10-0251-01 Retail services price Index, monthly
- Table 18-10-0252-01 Retail services price Index, quarterly
- Table 18-10-0173-01 Retail services price index, relative importance
- Table 18-10-0277-01 Wholesale Services Price Index, monthly
- Table 18-10-0278-01 Wholesale Services Price Index, quarterly
- Table 18-10-0179-01 Wholesale services price index, relative importance
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Additional information
The Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI) and the Retail Services Price Index (RSPI) represent respectively the change overtime in the price of the wholesale and the retail services. The price of the wholesale or the retail service is defined as the margin price, which is the difference between the average purchase price and the average selling price of a product. The retail or wholesale gross margin represents the vendor’s expense and profit for the service of selling a product. WSPI and RSPI are not selling price indexes.
The reference year of the indexes (i.e. the period where each series equals 100) is 2013.
With each release, data for the previous quarter may have been revised. The series are also subject to an annual revision with the release of second quarter data of the following reference year. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted. Data are available at the Canada level only.
Due to revisions, the displayed percentage change values from past quarters could vary from those in The Daily texts. The values displayed in this interactive tool are the most up-to-date.
Category: Type of service as defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
[NAICS Code] -The number displayed in the bracket corresponds to the classification code assigned to a type of service in the NAICS 2017.
Data quality indicators:
- Code D: Acceptable (market coverage equal to or greater than 25%, and standard error greater than 2%, but less than or equal to 5%).
- Code E: Use with caution (market coverage less than 25% or standard error greater than 5% or fewer than 5 reported price quotes).
- Index series without data quality indicators are considered to be statistically reliable.
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© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Industry,
Use of this publication is governed by the Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement.
Catalogue no. 71-607-X
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How to use
Instructions to maximize the use of this interactive tool
Use this tool to see the latest released data from the Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI) and the Retail Services Price Index (RSPI).
Select the survey you want to see by clicking on the buttons at the top of the page. Click on ‘Compare WSPI with RSPI’ to compare, as you wish, various index series or to view the confrontation of selected index series from both surveys.
Choose an index series by selecting from the ‘Category’ dropdown menu at the left hand side of the screen above the line chart.
Select the frequency (if available) by using the buttons at the right hand side above the line chart.
Choose your calculation or index view by using the buttons at the bottom of the line chart. Use the ‘Reset’ button to reset your selection.
Choose the time period you wish to display by using the date slider at the bottom of the page.
Hover over the bar chart and the line chart to see data points displayed.
To download data, hover on the ‘More options’ button […] on the top right corner of a chart and click on ‘show data’.
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