New standard basket for the Swiss Consumer Price Index
Neuchâtel, 06.02.2026 — Invitation to video conference
Dear Sir/Madam,
On Friday 13 February, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) will be holding a video conference to present the latest updates following its 2025 price index revisions and to unveil its new property statistics. This will be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
The FSO will present the new composition of the standard CPI basket, updated in January 2026 to better reflect market developments since the 2020 revision, and will also introduce a new set of property statistics. By the end of 2026, the FSO will publish new statistics on changes in property ownership and an index for multi-family houses will be published at the end of 2027.
The video conference will take place on Friday 13 February from 9am to 10am.
To register, please email us by 12 noon on Thursday 12 February at media@bfs.admin.ch.
We will send you the access details for the Teams conference by Friday 13 February. You will receive the press release at 9.30 am.
Speakers:
· Corinne Becker, head of prices section (PREIS)
· Hans Markus Herren, deputy head
Media Service: media@bfs.admin.ch