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 Consumer price index (CPI, Base - 2012)
Characteristic Description
Name Consumer price index (CPI, Base - 2012) by Geographic localization and Special aggregates; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Consumer price index
First available period January 1948
Last available period February 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization
  • Special aggregates
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  In extracommunity trade is the calender year during which the goods are imported or exported and is determined by the date of acceptance of the Single Administrative Document by Customs Authorities. In intracommunity trade is the calendar year during which the event that originates the intracommunity transaction occurred, i.e., for arrivals, at the time of receipt of the goods by the company and for dispatches, at the time the goods left the company.
  • CONSUMER PRICE:  Amount paid by households when acquiring individual goods and services based on monetary transactions. This amount corresponds to the value actually paid at the moment of acquisition and includes all indirect taxes minus subsidies on products, reductions and discounts, applied to consumers in general, and excludes interest and other costs associated with credit purchase.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
Definition The Consumer Price Index is an indicator that measures changes over time in the general level of prices of goods and services deemed to be representative of the consumption structure of population residing in Portugal.
Measure unit (symbol) No applicable (-)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 12/03/2024


information presented in 29/3/2024