Update of the weights for compiling the "Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index using Chain-weighted Index Formula"

September 10, 2009
Bank of Japan
Research and Statistics Department

The weights for compiling the "Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index using Chain-weighted Index Formula" have been updated from the weights based on 2005 - 2006 shipment values to 2005 - 2007 shipment values. Weights based on 2007 are now used to calculate the indexes from January 2008 and thereafter. (To download the revised weights, please click here.)

For any inquiries, please contact the following section of the Bank of Japan.
Price Statistics Section, Research and Statistics Department
(e-mail:post.rsd3@boj.or.jp)