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The Commercial Software Price Index (CSPI) rose by 0.8% in December compared with the previous month.

Year over year, the CSPIwas up by 2.2%.

Note to readers

The Commercial Software Price Index is a monthly series measuring the change in the purchase price of pre-packaged software typically bought by businesses and governments. This release presents data that are not seasonally adjusted, and the indexes published are subject to a six-month revision period after dissemination of a given month's data.

This index is available at the Canada level only.

Available in CANSIM: table CANSIM table 331-0009.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number 5068.

The Commercial Software Price Index for January will be released on February 28.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; mediahotline@statcan.gc.ca).

Date modified:2014-01-31
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