Consumer price index

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Inflation slowed down to 1.2 per cent in August 13 Sep 2013 The year-on-year change in consumer prices, i.e. inflation, calculated by Statistics Finland slowed down to 1.2 per cent in August. In July it was 1.6 per cent. The inflation slowed down particularly because prices of vegetables went down from July. Next release: 14 Oct 2013
Description:	The Consumer Price Index describes the price development of goods and services purchased in Finland by households resident in Finland. The Consumer Price Index is calculated with a method in which the prices of different commodities are weighed together with their shares of consumption. The calculation of the index follows Laspeyres’ price index formula whereby the shares of consumption used as the weights relate to the base period. The Consumer Price Index is used as a general measure of inflation. Consumer price indices that are reviewed at intervals of a fixed number of years are suitable for short-term examinations. Read full description >>>
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Change:	Reviews to the compilation of the Consumer Price Index at the turn of the year 18 Jan 2013 The compilation of the Consumer Price Index will be reviewed starting from the Index for January 2013 so that the Index becomes an annual chain-linked index.

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Consumer price index [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0254. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 7.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/index_en.html.

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