Arab Republic of Egypt - Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index - August 2016

Reference ID

DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-8-2016-v01

Year

2015

Country

Arab Republic of Egypt

Producer(s)

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics - Council of Ministers Presidency

Collection(s)

CPI

Created on

Feb 27, 2018

Last modified

Feb 27, 2018

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Overview

Identification

Country

Arab Republic of Egypt

Title

Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index - August 2016

Translated Title

Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Study Type

Living standards Study

Series Information

The first series of index was issued in 1914 named as living expenses index by taking the fiscal year 1913/1914 as the base year for Cairo only.In January 1940,The second was issued taking the same name by considering 1939 as the base year for Cairo also.As of July 1967 the third was issued named as Consumer Price Index (CPI) by taking the fiscal year 1966/1967 as a base year covering 11 cities and 6 rural areas. AS of July 1988,the fourth series was issued by taking the fiscal year 1986/1987 as the base year covering all Republic governorates. Time series of consumer price indices was coming in sequence until the ninth series which issued from September 2010 taking January 2010 as a base period.

ID Number

DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-8-2016-v01

Version

Version Description

v2.1 release is special for general dissemination for the Public

Production Date

2016-09-10

Notes

It is issued on the tenth day of the following month for the statement collection

Overview

Abstract

Consumer Price Index (CPI) is considered one of the most important statistical & economic indicators and the most closely related to the daily lives of individuals as well as their impact on decisions taken in economic fields.Consumer Price Index (CPI) depicts the change in goods and services price levels in retail markets as an important indicator to measure inflation.It is also one of the necessary tools used to calculate national income at fixed prices,as well as measuring the change in real wage levels which are the actual wages after clearing them from price changes impacts,The first series of index was issued in 1914 named as living expenses index by taking the fiscal year 1913/1914 as the base year for Cairo only.In January 1940,The second was issued taking the same name by considering 1939 as the base year for Cairo also.As of July 1967 the third was issued named as Consumer Price Index (CPI) by taking the fiscal year 1966/1967 as a base year covering 11 cities and 6 rural areas.As of July 1988,the fourth series was issued by taking the fiscal year 1986/1987 as the base year covering all Republic governorates.Time series of consumer price indices was coming in sequence until the ninth series which issued from September 2010 taking January 2010 as a base period.CAPMAS offers the latest series of Consumer Price Index to help in meeting the statistical needs of researchers,planners and decision-makers

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Kind of Data

Aggregated data

Units of Analysis

Standard of living at the community level survey is via examining changes in price levels

Scope

Notes

1.The Index and Monthly & Annual change rates at 6 urban areas,2 rural areas in addition to the Republic Total at main sections level.

2.The Index and Monthly & Annual change rates at 6 urban areas,2 rural areas in addition to the Republic Total at some selected goods level for urban areas,2 rural areas in addition to the Republic Total.

3.Time series of the Index by month for the main sections

4.Time series of General index according to the years months and percentage of change of the previous month,Percentage of change for the same month of the previous year at Urban and Rural level and Republic Total.

5.Time series of the Index and inflation rates by Gregorian years upon main sections and groups levels of Urban,Rural and Republic Total.

6.Time series of the Index and inflation rates by fiscal years upon main sections and groups levels of Urban,Rural and Republic Total.

7.Time series of Quarterly Index and inflation rates change upon main sections and groups levels of Republic Urban.

8.Time series of inflation rates for the general number by Gregorian and fiscal years of the Republic Urban.

9.The used weights in weighting of the major divisions and groups from the income, expenditure and consumption research in 2008/2009 upon 6 levels of Urban,Rural and Republic Total.

10. Some graphs illustrate changes in different indicators.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Classification of individual consumption by enlisted purpose in National Accounts System	COICOP-HBS 2003

Keywords

Inflation, Index, Statistical indicators, Geographic areas, Republic Urban, Republic Rural, Republic Total

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issues the index for eight geographic regions including:- Cairo - Canal cities - Alexandria - border governorates - Lower Egypt Urban - Upper Egypt Urban,Upper Egypt Rural and The index is issued for Urban,Rural and Republic Total.

Universe

- Food and industrial goods and services are collected monthly from urban and rural areas from 1 to 28 of each month and the number of its sources is (10085) for urban, (4337) for rural.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics	Council of Ministers Presidency

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Egypt Railways	Ministry of Transportation	Buy the tickets
Electricity Company	Ministry of Electricity	Subscribing in electricity sets of prices
Telecom Company	Ministry of Communications	Subscribing in the home phone
Gas Company	Gas Company	Subscribing in natural gas sets of prices
Water Company	Water Company	Subscribing in water sets of prices

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics	CAPMAS	Ministers Cabinet	Collecting,Processing and disseminating data

Date of Metadata Production

2016-08-01

DDI Document Version

Ref. No. 60 - 22321 - 2016

DDI Document ID

DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-8-2016-v01