Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prices
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Producer Prices and Price Indexes
Producer Prices and Price Indexes
Author: Supplement to Producer Price Indexes Data
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Index numbers (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Producer Price Index
Author: Consumer Price Index Manual
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221136996
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
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.
Supplement to Producer Prices and Price Indexes
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Index numbers (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Seasonal Adjustment Methods
Author: Publisher: Statistical Office of European Communities
ISBN: 9789282850343
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employment forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Price Index Concepts and Measurement
Author: W. Erwin DiewertPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226148572
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
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.
At What Price?
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170796
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
How well does the consumer price index (CPI) reflect the changes that people actually face in living costsâ€"from apples to computers to health care? Given how it is used, is it desirable to construct the CPI as a cost-of-living index (COLI)? With what level of accuracy is it possible to construct a single index that represents changes in the living costs of the nation's diverse population? At What Price? examines the foundations for consumer price indexes, comparing the conceptual and practical strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of traditional "fixed basket" and COLI approaches. The book delves into a range of complex issues, from how to deal with the changing quality of goods and services, including difficult-to-define medical services, to how to weight the expenditure patterns of different consumers. It sorts through the key attributes and underlying assumptions that define each index type in order to answer the question: Should a COLI framework be used in constructing the U.S. CPI? In answering this question, the book makes recommendations as to how the Bureau of Labor Statistics can continue to improve the accuracy and relevance of the CPI. With conclusions that could affect the amount of your next pay raise, At What Price? is important to everyone, and a must-read for policy makers, researchers, and employers.