{"doc_desc":{"title":"Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index","idno":"DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-5-2016-v01","producers":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"CAPMAS","affiliation":"Ministers Cabinet","role":"Collecting,Processing and disseminating data"}],"prod_date":"2015-05-01","version_statement":{"version":"Ref. No. 55 - 22321 -  2015"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"DDI-EGY-CAP-CPI-5-2016-v01","title":"Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index - May 2016","alternate_title":"CPI","translated_title":"Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Index (CPI)"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","affiliation":"Council of Ministers Presidency"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Egypt Railways","abbr":"","affiliation":"Ministry of Transportation","role":"Buy the tickets"},{"name":"Electricity Company","abbr":"","affiliation":"Ministry of Electricity","role":"Subscribing in electricity sets of prices"},{"name":"Telecom Company","abbr":"","affiliation":"Ministry of Communications","role":"Subscribing in the home phone"},{"name":"Gas Company","abbr":"","affiliation":"Gas Company","role":"Subscribing in natural gas sets of prices"},{"name":"Water Company","abbr":"","affiliation":"Water Company","role":"Subscribing in water sets of prices "}],"copyright":"c All rights reserved at Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics 2014"},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"National Information Center at CAPMAS","affiliation":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","email":"nic@capmas.gov.eg","uri":"www.capmas.gov.eg"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Living standards Study","series_info":"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."},"version_statement":{"version":"v2.1 release is special for general dissemination for the Public","version_date":"2015-06-10","version_notes":"It is issued on the tenth day of the following month for the statement collection"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Inflation","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Index","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Statistical indicators","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Geographic areas","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Republic Urban","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Republic Rural","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Republic Total","vocab":"","uri":""}],"topics":[{"topic":"Classification of individual consumption by enlisted purpose in National Accounts System","vocab":"COICOP-HBS 2003","uri":""}],"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 \nGod grants success .,,,,,,","time_periods":[{"start":"2015-05-03","end":"2015-05-31","cycle":"Monthly"}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2015-05-03","end":"2015-05-31","cycle":"Monthly"}],"nation":[{"name":"Arab Republic of Egypt","abbreviation":"EGY"}],"geog_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.","analysis_unit":"Standard of living at the community level survey is via examining changes in price levels","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.","data_kind":"Aggregated data","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.\n2.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.\n3.Time series of the Index by month for the main sections\n4.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.\n5.Time series of the Index and inflation rates by Gregorian years upon main sections and groups levels of Urban,Rural and Republic Total.\n6.Time series of the Index and inflation rates by fiscal years upon main sections and groups levels of Urban,Rural and Republic Total.\n7.Time series of Quarterly Index and inflation rates change upon main sections and groups levels of Republic Urban.\n8.Time series of inflation rates for the general number by Gregorian and fiscal years of the Republic Urban.\n9.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.\n10. Some graphs illustrate changes in different indicators."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"CAPMAS","role":"","affiliation":"Council of Ministers Presidency"}],"sampling_procedure":"A representative probability sample for outlets is selected at Republic governorates (Urban\/Rural) level.","coll_mode":["Personal interview is computer-aided"],"sources":[{"name":"","origin":"","characteristics":""}],"act_min":"Field and office supervising and auditing for auditing of price data","cleaning_operations":"Automatic editing and revising through the statistical program designed within the computer enough to be used by price collectors"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"General Statistics Law No.(35) of 1960 Article (403)\n1-Individual statements are secret and no individual or authority may be informed of them.\n2-No statistical statement may be used as a basis for a tax, and evidence shall not be taken for any judicial or legal action.\n3-All must provide the required data to CAPMAS representatives matching the truth and on the specified dates, allow CAPMAS representatives to see all the documents to verify the statement truth.\n4-Imprisonment not less than one month & not exceeding six months and a fine not less than L.E 100 and not exceeding L.E 500 shall be punished for any person who violates the provisions of the previous articles or makes incorrect statements.","required":"yes","form_no":"","form_uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","affiliation":"Council of Ministers Presidency","email":"pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg","uri":"www.capmas.gov.eg"}],"cit_req":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS),Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Price Indices,April 2015,Version 1.1 (05- 2015),Cairo - Arab Republic of Egypt","conditions":"All statistics issued by CAPMAS do not have dealing conditions other than those incoming in Law 35 or under Law 35","disclaimer":"CAPMAS provides you with this data without any warranties and without any implied responsability for the results or conclusions of these results as CAPMAS will not be responsible for any activities carried out on such results or data"}}},"schematype":"survey"}