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Data cited at: Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html Publication: 001 -- Consumer Price Index 2015=100 http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__hin__khi/statfin_khi_pxt_001.px License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Description of statistics Concepts and definitions Methodological descriptions Information   Point figure Point figure is a change quantity used in price indices, which expresses the price, average price or index of the reference period relative to the price, average price or index of the base period. The point figure of the base period is usually denoted by the number hundred. For example, if the point figure of the commodity is 105.3 in a certain period, it means that the price of the commodity has risen by 5.3 per cent from the base period.

Data cited at: Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html Publication: 007 -- Annual changes of Consumer Price Index http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__hin__khi/statfin_khi_pxt_007.px License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Description of statistics Concepts and definitions Methodological descriptionsInformation Annual change % Annual change is the relative change of the index in comparison with the corresponding time period one year ago (e.g. annual change of total index of consumer prices, i.e. inflation).

Data cited at: Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html Publication: 011 -- Average prices of commodities http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__hin__khi/statfin_khi_pxt_011.px License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Description of statistics Concepts and definitions Methodological descriptions

Data cited at: Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html Publication: 002 -- Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices at Constant Taxes (HICP-CT) 2015=100 http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__hin__khi/statfin_khi_pxt_002.px License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices at Constant Taxes (HICP-CT) 2015=100 Description of statistics Concepts and definitions Methodological descriptionsIndex An index is a ratio describing the relative change in a variable (e.g. price, volume or value) compared to a certain base period (e.g. one year). The index point figure for each point in time tells what percentage the given examined variable is of its respective value or volume at the base point in time. The mean of the index point figures for the base period is 100.Information Point figure Point figure is a change quantity used in price indices, which expresses the price, average price or index of the reference period relative to the price, average price or index of the base period. The point figure of the base period is usually denoted by the number hundred. For example, if the point figure of the commodity is 105.3 in a certain period, it means that the price of the commodity has risen by 5.3 per cent from the base period.

Latest data 2018/10DescriptionMethodological descriptions Concepts and definitions ClassificationsYearStatistical year is the calendar year a set of statistics concerns.MonthStatistical month is the calendar month a set of statistics concerns. The average index figure for the year, months total, is an arithmetic mean of months index figures.IndexStaistics: Basic price index for domestic supply, Export price index, Import price index, Basic price index for domestic supply including taxes and Producer price index for manufactured productsAreaTotal; domestic, imported or exported goodsProducts by activity (CPA 2015, MIG)The CPA classification is the European Union’s industry-oriented classification of goods and services. The CPA comprises all goods and services, each of which is directed to one industry of NACE, the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Union.DataIndex figureIndex figure is a change quantity used in price indices, which expresses the price, average price or index of the reference period relative to the price, average price or index of the base period. The index figure of the base period is usually denoted by the number hundred. For example, if the index figure of the commodity is 105.3 in a certain period, it means that the price of the commodity has risen by 5.3 per cent from the base period.Monthly change, %Monthly change is the relative change in the index from a time period one month before. The change is usually reported in percentages.Yearly change, %Annual change is the relative change of the index in comparison with the corresponding time period one year ago (e.g. annual change of total index of consumer prices, i.e. inflation).