00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.864459 CaOODSP 20221107161539 cr ||||||||||| 181108s1980 oncd||| o f000 0 eng d 0-660-10670-1 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- EC22-88/1980E-PDF EC22-88/1980E McCracken, M. C. (Michael C.), 1940- Towards a better understanding of the Consumer Price Index [electronic resource] / M.C. McCracken, E. Ruddick. [Ottawa] : Economic Council of Canada, c1980. ix, 32 p. : charts. Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate]. "Every month, the incomes of most Canadians depend to some degree on the work of 115 people. They are the faces behind the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which, for better or worse, has become a high-profile exercise in taking the pulse of the Canadian economy each month. It is a ritual which is poorly understood by many, even though the CPI is a widely quoted yardstick for telling Canadians about the speed and direction of price changes in consumer products and services"--Introd. gccst Price indexes gccst Inflation gccst Statistics Ruddick, E. Economic Council of Canada. PDF 2.56 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/ecc/EC22-88-1980-eng.pdf