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Mnemonic Change: Congo - Cost of living for Brazzaville
Thursday, 09 Jan 2020 11:55 ET
By Michele Musacchio
Summary
January 2020 -- For the U.S. State Department's "index of living costs abroad", we have corrected the geo codes for the city of Brazzaville (four daily and quarterly series impacted).
Detail

During a review, we detected that we assigned the subnational geo code for the capital city of Brazzaville to the wrong country.

Official name Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Commonly known as Congo Brazzaville Congo Kinshasa, DRC
Formerly known as   Zaire
Capital city Brazzaville Kinshasa
Geo code ICOG ICOD

Scope of change:

  • 1 geo code
  • 4 concept codes

The systematic change is (old » new):

  • ICOD_DOS_BRA » ICOG_DOS_BRA

The four series are now named:

  • XCOLIGD.ICOG_DOS_BRA
  • XCOLIGQ.ICOG_DOS_BRA
  • XCOLILD.ICOG_DOS_BRA
  • XCOLILQ.ICOG_DOS_BRA
Other
Related ReleaseIndexes of Living Costs Abroad
SourceU.S. Department of State
FrequencyQuarterly
GeographyUnited States
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