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Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods »
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484354841.069
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
The Consumer Price Index Manual: Concepts and Methods contains comprehensive information and explanations on compiling a consumer price index (CPI). The Manual provides an overview of the methods and practices nati...

Introduction, Overview, and Basic Steps for the Consumer Price Index Development 1 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 1.1 Chapter 1 provides a self-contained overview of the uses and the basic steps for compiling the consumer price index (CPI). More than j...

Sampling 4 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 4.1 To construct a perfectly accurate consumer price index (CPI), the price statistician would need to record the price of every variety of all the goods...

Price Collection and Validation 5 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 5.1 Several factors will determine the choice of which price collection methods a national statistical office (NSO) uses, taking into consideration effic...

Data Quality Management and Reporting 13 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 13.1 Consumer price indices (CPI) are one of the most important statistical indicators produced on a regular basis by national statistical offices (NSOs)...

A Glossary of Main Terms »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Acquisitions approach An approach to consumer price indices (CPIs) in which consumption is...

Calculating Consumer Price Indices in Practice 8 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 8.1 The purpose of this chapter is to provide a general description of the ways in which consumer price indices (CPIs) are calculated in practice. The me...

Selected Special Cases 11 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 11.1 Certain products have proven to be challenging for consumer price index (CPI) compilers with regard to developing weights and collecting prices. Cha...

Uses, Concepts, Scope, and Classifications of Consumer Price Indices 2 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 2.1 Chapter 2 begins with an overview describing the uses of the consumer price index (CPI). The primary uses drive the decisions regardin...

Expenditure Weights and Their Sources 3 »
Source: Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 : Concepts and Methods
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 November 2020
ISBN: 9781484354841
Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Price indexes, Expenditure, Consumption, Housing, cconsumer price index, CPI, CPI Manual, CPI concepts, CPI methods
Introduction 3.1 A consumer price index (CPI) is usually calculated as a weighted average of the relative price changes of the goods and services covered by the index...