This page lists details of the consumer price index by country
The CPI is calculated and posted monthly by the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina.
The CPI is calculated and posted quarterly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Historical figures are available at the Reserve Bank of Australia website.
In Belgium, wages, pensions, house rent, insurance premiums, unemployment benefits, health insurance payments, etc. are by law tied to a consumer price index.
Canada's Consumer Price Index is calculated and published monthly by Statistics Canada.
Chile's CPI is published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Chile.
China's CPI is published by National Bureau of Statistics of China.
The IPC, which stands for Indice de Precios al Consumidor (Consumer Price Index), is calculated and published on a monthly basis by Banco de la República de Colombia, the National Central Bank.
Croatian CPI, (Croatian: Indeks potrošačkih cijena) is issued by Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia).
The European Central Bank publishes the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP). It is a weighted average of price indices of member states. It is a seasonally adjusted chained index in which goods are split by final consumption.
The index (kuluttajahintaindeksi) is calculated and published by Statistics Finland Finnish food prices have been increasing almost fastest in European Union. In the current year, consumer prices for food are forecast to increase by 4.5 per cent on average. Most shopping centers have expensive underground car parking places that are often in practice free of charge. The high construction prices are included in the price of food and goods. The two biggest food retailers Kesko and S-Market (HOK Elanto) cover over 80% of the markets. Most often the town planning has ignored to plan new independent small shops. Satu Hassi (Green) has made a questionary for the EU Commission of the retail industry.