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Data Change: Ghana - CPI - Rebased to 2018
Tuesday, 03 Dec 2019 11:23 ET
By Jay Lynch
Summary
November 2019 -- For the detailed consumer price index of Ghana, concurrent with dissemination of results for September, the source has advanced the base year from 2012 to 2018 (four monthly series 2012 to 2019, replaced from 2019).
Detail

In response, we have:

  1. Archived the predecessors (2012=100, 2012m1 to 2019m7) by renaming with an "_12" specifier, marking metadata as "discontinued", and segregating in the catalog.
  2. Created one-for-one replacements (2018=100).
  3. Transplanted the global concept alias.
  4. Re-extended the all-items index.
  5. Replaced our seasonally adjusted supplement.

Properties that changed:

  • Index base year: From 2012 to 2018
  • As-reported start date: From 2012m1 to 2019m8
  • Extended start date, where applicable: No change (1970m1)

The series reside in the historical catalog:

References

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Related ReleasePrice Indices: CPI Coicop Annexes
SourceGhana Statistical Service (GSS)
FrequencyMonthly
GeographyGhana
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