Consumer price indices

Consumer Price Index (CPI) is meant to measure the changes in dynamics of the overall level of prices for products and services purchased for consumption by the households from the country. CPI is a monthly indicator, calculated only for the elements from population direct consumption. Coverage of the CPI represents the retail prices on the domestic market for food, non-food goods and services provided to the population, registered in the collection centers (shops and service units - about 900), included in the selective research for the calculation of the CPI.
The geographical sample from which the consumer prices are collected includes 8 localities from the urban area: Chisinau, Balti, Cahul, Comrat, Orhei, Ungheni, Edinet and Soroca. Prices are collected automatically, via Tablets, based on specially created software. The CPI is calculated and disseminated according to different specific, national and international aggregations (major groups, groups of goods and services, 4 COICOP classes, 12 COICOP divisions, total CPI by country, etc.).