Statistics Canada Delays CPI Release by 30 Seconds as Website Traffic Surge Disrupts Access
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Updated · Bloomberg · Sep 14
Statistics Canada Delays CPI Release by 30 Seconds as Website Traffic Surge Disrupts Access
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Sep 14
Summary
Statistics Canada published its monthly consumer price index report about 30 seconds after the scheduled 8:30 a.m. Ottawa release, delaying one of the country’s key economic data drops.
Higher-than-usual traffic triggered technical problems on the agency’s website, preventing the main release document — The Daily — from appearing on time.
Journalists in a media lockup could not send their stories until that document was posted, extending the disruption beyond the website itself.
The incident marks the second major Canadian economic release hit by access problems in less than a month, raising fresh concerns about data-release reliability.