Monthly bulletin of Consumer Price Index _ May 2017
Arab Republic of Egypt, 2017
Identification
DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-5-2017-v01
Monthly bulletin of Consumer Price Index _ May 2017
CPI
Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index (CPI)
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Arab Republic of Egypt | EGY |
Study on the Living standards
First series of Index released in 1914 under the title "Index of Living expenses" with the fiscal year 1913/1914 as a base for the city of Cairo only, and in January 1940 the released second series under the same title with the fiscal year base 1939 for Cairo again. Since July 1967 the third series released under the title "Consumer Price Index (CPI)" with the fiscal base year 1966/1967 to cover 11 cities, 6 rural areas, and from July 1988 released the fourth series with the fiscal year 1986/1987 as a base to cover all the Republic governorates. Consumer price index Time Series followed until the 9th series that issued in September 2010 with January 2010 as a base.
CPI considers one of the most important statistical and economic indicators, and most related indicator with the individuals’ daily life. In addition to its impact on decisions’ made in the field of economic.
CPI reflect the changes in the price’s level in commodity and services in the retail markets as an important indicator to measure inflation, also represent an important tool used in calculating the national income with fixed prices as well as measuring the changes in the levels of actual wages after clearance from the effect of the price changes.
First series of Index released in 1914 under the title "Index of Living expenses" with the fiscal year 1913/1914 as a base for the city of Cairo only, and in January 1940 the released second series under the same title with the fiscal year base 1939 for Cairo again. Since July 1967 the third series released under the title "Consumer Price Index (CPI)" with the fiscal base year 1966/1967 to cover 11 cities, 6 rural areas, and from July 1988 released the fourth series with the fiscal year 1986/1987 as a base to cover all the Republic governorates. Consumer price index Time Series followed until the 9th series that issued in September 2010 with January 2010 as a base.
CAPMAS presents a latest series of CPI and hope to contribute in satisfying the statistical needs of researchers, planners and decision makers .
Allah grants success,,.,,،،،،Aggregated data
A questionnaire study of Living standard on the local community level through studing the changes in the prices levels
Version
Special release for public use v2.1
2017-06-10
Release every month on the 10th day after collecting the data
Scope
- The Index and the annual/monthly change rate on the level of 6 urban areas, 2 rural areas in addition to Total republic on the level of main sections
2.The Index number and the annual/monthly change rate on the level of 6 urban areas, 2 rural areas, in addition to total Republic on the level of some selected commodities
3.Time series of index number according to the months of the main sections, in addition to Total Republic for 6 urban areas and 2 rural areas
4.Time series of general index number sorted as the months of years and the change rate from the previous month, and the change rate from the same month of previous year on the level of urban, rural and total of the Republic
5.Time series of index and inflation rates according to the Georgian years on the level of main sections and groups of urban, rural and total of the Republic
6.Time series of index and inflation rates according to the fiscal years on the level of mains sections and groups of urban, rural and total of the Republic
7.Time series of index and quarterly change rate on the level of main sections and groups of urban of the Republic
8.Time series for the general number of inflation rates according to the fiscal and Georgian years of urban of the Republic
9.Used weights in weighting for the main sections and groups from the income, expenditure and consumption survey 2008/2009, on the level of 6 urban areas, rural and total Republic
10.Some graphs illustrate the changes in the various indicators
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Classification of individual consumption by the purpose inside the national accounts system | COICOP-HBS 2003 |
Coverage
CAPMAS release the index of 8th geographic areas, that includes:
- Cairo - Canal cities
- Alexandria - Borders governorates
- Urban of Lower Egypt - Rural of Lower Egypt
- Urban/Upper Egypt - Rural/Upper Egypt
CPI released for both Urban, Rural and Total Republic.
- Collecting the prices of food, industrial and services commodities monthly from the urban and rural areas during the period 1 to 28 of every month, and number of its sources (10085) urban and (4337) rural .
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | Cabinets of Ministers |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt Railways | Ministry of Transportation | Buying the ticket fees |
| Electricity Company | Ministry of Electricity | Obtaining the electricity sets prices |
| Telecommunication Company | Ministry of Communication | Obtaining the cable telephone’s subscription prices |
| Gas Company | Gas Company | Obtaining the natural gas sets prices |
| Water Company | Water Company | Obtaining the water sets prices |
Sampling
Selecting a Probabilistic sample represent the outlets on the Republic governorates levels (Urban/Rural) .
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-28 | monthly |
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-28 | monthly |
- Personal interview with the computer help
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | Cabinets of Ministers | CAPMAS |
- Supervising, field work reviewing and desk review in order to check prices data
2.Monitoring the department of Quality control the field work
Data processing
Automatic editing and revision through the designed statistical application inside a handheld computer which used to collect the prices
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | The Cabinets of Ministers | www.capmas.gov.eg | pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes |
Public Statistics law no. (35), for year 1960, article no. (403) 1- Macro data confidential and not allowed to be reviewed by any individual or authority 2- Not allowed to use any statistical statement as a basis for linking tax, and not used as an evidence for any judicial or legal action 3- Everybody should provide data that required by CAPMAS representatives with what is truth and in specified timing and to allow CAPMAS deputy to review all the documents to verify the statements 4- Punished by prison with no less than a month, and not more than 6 months and with a fine not less than 100 L.E. and not exceed than 500 L.E. for who break the previous provisions of articles or give incorrect data |
All Statistics that CAPMAS release with no conditions in dealing with, not mentioned in Law no. 35 or in the framework of law 35
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the monthly bulletin of CPI May 2017. Version no. 1.1 (6-2017. Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
Disclaimer and copyrights
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics provides these data without guarantees, any concluded responsibility from results or conclusions based on these results. Also, not responsible for any implemented activity depending on these results or data
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Information Center in CAPMAS | Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | nic@capmas.gov.eg | www.capmas.gov.eg |
Metadata production
DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-5-2017-v01
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | CAPMAS | Cabinets of Ministers | Collecting, processing and disseminating data |
2017-05-01
Metadata version
Ref. No. 57 - 22321- 2017