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CCPI 1952=100, Headline

Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI). Index, monthly.

6,527.1 · Apr 2008 (+1.3% on Mar 2008)

Base 1952
May 1998 – Apr 2008

Values

Latest · Apr 20086,527.1+1.3% on Mar 2008
PeriodIndexChange, %
Apr 20086,527.1+1.3
Mar 20086,441.7+1.5
Feb 20086,345.4+0.7
Jan 20086,302.5+5.8
Dec 20075,954.9−0.4
Nov 20075,976.2+4.4
Oct 20075,723.0+3.8
Sep 20075,513.8+1.1
Aug 20075,453.2−0.8
Jul 20075,496.5+2.8
Jun 20075,344.3+3.2
May 20075,176.4+3.0

Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, CBSL Economic Data Library

Macro Lab · LK.CPI.CCPI.1952.HEADLINE.M@CBSL · Data: Department of Census and Statistics. Chart and text: CC BY 4.0

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About this series

  • Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Index
  • Base year 1952
  • Date range Jan 1953 – Apr 2008
  • Last checked 8 May 2017

Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below. A copy republished by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, kept to check the canonical series against.

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Details

Name in the source
CCPI 1952=100, Headline
Base year
1952
Read from
CBSL Economic Data Library (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page
https://www.cbsl.lk/eresearch
Notes
CBSL Data Library copy of a DCS series; kept as a mirror for cross-checks.

Source documents

Read from the CBSL Economic Data Library, which serves values rather than files.

Releases and revisions

One release so far, published 8 May 2017. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

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Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

  • RoundingJun 2003

    This series reads 3,439; the same figure from the other source reads 3,440. Compared with LK.CPI.CCPI.1952.HEADLINE.M.

    Two agencies: 3,439.8 and 3,439.4, difference 0.4.

    DCS release vs CBSL Data Library

    3,439.8 against 3,439.4 on an index in the thousands: the last digit, not a disagreement.