Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 2004-08-25
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9789221136996
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which prices of consumer goods and services change over time. It is used as a key indicator of economic performance, as well as in the setting of monetary and socio-economic policy such as indexation of wages and social security benefits, purchasing power parities and inflation measures. This manual contains methodological guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing and calculating CPIs, and also examines underlying economic and statistical concepts involved. Topics covered include: expenditure weights, sampling, price collection, quality adjustment, sampling, price indices calculations, errors and bias, organisation and management, dissemination, index number theory, durables and user costs.
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Publisher: Statistical Office of European Communities
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789282850343
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 26
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: W. Erwin Diewert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-02-15
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 0226148572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications for interest rates, monetary supply, and investment and spending decisions. Underlying many of these issues is the concept of the Cost-of-Living Index (COLI) and its controversial role as the methodological foundation for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Price Index Concepts and Measurements brings together leading experts to address the many questions involved in conceptualizing and measuring inflation. They evaluate the accuracy of COLI, a Cost-of-Goods Index, and a variety of other methodological frameworks as the bases for consumer price construction.