The Consumer Price Index is a summary measure of the rate of change in price of a fixed basket of goods and services over time. The simplest way to look at it is to imagine a shopping basket consisting of different kinds of goods and services purchased by a household. As the price of individual items in the basket change, the total cost of the basket will vary. The CPI is therefore a measure of the change in the total cost of this basket of goods and services from period to period. The CPI is a very important statistic- used for assessing the cost of living and wage negotiation.
Data
- Annual Averages 2013 to 2019 (.xlsx - 10kb)
- Annual Consumer Price Index for All Categories 2010 to 2019 (.xlsx - 12kb)
- Consumer Price Index for Major Categories 2010 to 2019 (.xlsx - 13kb)
- Monthly Consumer Price Index All Items Index 2010 to 2020(.xlsx - 14kb)
- Monthly Consumer Price Index for All Categories 2020 (.xlsx - 12kb)
- Monthly Consumer Price Index for All Categories 2019 (.xlsx - 12kb)
Reference
- Consumer Price Index Manual (PDF - 5 Mb)