Workshop on collecting prices and dwellings rent
18 February 2018
Due to the importance of consumer prices and rents of housing and their impact on consumer price index and inflation rate monthly and annually.

A workshop was held at the headquarters of the Kurdistan Region Statistics concerning mechanism of collecting prices of general goods and dwellings rent for the period from 6 to 8/2/2018 and in the presence of supervisors and enumerators from the governorates of  Kurdistan Region.

 During the workshop, difference in prices from month to month, the reasons for these differences and their validity were discussed and how much they have effect on the price index. Also, periods of collection and commitment to units of measurement of goods were discussed as well as goods diversity in the markets from which the price is collected and specially the renewal of some goods models and year of production such as cars, mobile phones and other electronic goods for 2017 was also discussed on rents of housing, which is collected four times a year and commitment to the dates and what should be done in the case of exchange of sample or price.