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Prices - Price change of construction, transport, machinery and plant by item 1979 Q4–2024 Q2

Stats NZ

Definitions

The capital goods price index (CGPI) estimates the overall price change in a range of physical assets that the productive sector holds, acquires, or builds. The major asset groups are buildings, both residential and non-residential; civil construction; land improvements; and plant, machinery, and equipment.

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Inclusions

This subset only includes the land, construction and transport-related items of the CGPI.

Changes to data collection/processing

Stats NZ have been reviewing the capital goods price index (CGPI) and implemented this review in the December 2022 quarter.
The review includes:
- structural changes to better align with the national accounts
- new series reference codes
- a reweight
- a rebase (September 2022 quarter = 1000).

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Capital Goods Price Index: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2024

Webpage:

https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Economic indicators > Capital Goods Price Index - CEP > Price Index published level of capital goods (Base: September quarter 2022 = 1000) (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected in order to create this dataset.
Figure.NZ has calculated the quarter-on-quarter percentage changes and the year-on-year percentage changes based on the index provided by Stats NZ.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Capital Goods Price Index: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2024

From the dataset Capital Goods Price Index: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2024, this data was extracted:

  • Sheet: CEP564601_20230912_081626_99
  • Range: B3:CS181
  • Provided: 17,024 data points

Dataset originally released on:

August 16, 2024