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NCPI 2013=100, Core

National Consumer Price Index (NCPI). Index, monthly.

LevelYoY %MoM %12-month avg %
Base 2013
20132021Spliced

Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Movements of NCPI & NCPI (Core) (Base : 2013=100) (23 Jan 2023)

Macro Lab · LK.CPI.NCPI.2013.CORE.M · 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 2013
  • Date range Jan 2014 – Dec 2022
  • Last checked 23 Jan 2023

Checks: 3 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Details

Name in the warehouse
NCPI 2013=100, Core
Base year
2013
Read from
DCS Movements of CCPI / NCPI releases (Department of Census and Statistics)
Source page
https://www.statistics.gov.lk/InflationAndPrices
Notes
Parsed from the DCS Movements release (canonical: DCS compiles it)

Source documents

Movements of NCPI & NCPI (Core) (Base : 2013=100)DCS · 23 Jan 2023 · 108 values

Vintages

One vintage so far, published 23 Jan 2023. 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.

  • Error in the sourceJul 2017

    This series reads 122.9; the same figure from the other source reads 122.4. Compared with LK.CPI.NCPI.2013.CORE.M@CBSL.

    Two agencies: 122.9 and 122.4, difference 0.5.

    DCS release vs CBSL Data Library

    2017-07 transposed with headline; 2017-08 repeats the headline value. The DCS release is canonical.

  • Error in the sourceAug 2017

    This series reads 123; the same figure from the other source reads 122.3. Compared with LK.CPI.NCPI.2013.CORE.M@CBSL.

    Two agencies: 123 and 122.3, difference 0.7.

    DCS release vs CBSL Data Library

    2017-07 transposed with headline; 2017-08 repeats the headline value. The DCS release is canonical.

  • For information

    The two base years overlap for 12 months (Jan 2022 – Dec 2022). Over those months the ratio between them runs from 0.767 to 0.785; the splice uses 0.776. Compared with LK.CPI.NCPI.2021.CORE.M.

    Splice overlap: 0.767 and 0.785, difference 0.018.

    12 overlapping months 2022-01-01..2022-12-01, factor 0.775510

    Every splice reports the spread of its overlapping-month ratios so the chain factor can be judged. A few per cent is normal.