Post-Laspeyres : The Case for a New Formula for Compiling Consumer Price Indexes /
Consumer price indexes (CPIs) are compiled at the higher (weighted) level using Laspeyres-type arithmetic averages. This paper questions the suitability of such formulas and considers two counterpart alternatives that use geometric averaging, the Geometric Young and the (price-updated) Geometric Low...
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Iaith: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2012.
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Cyfres: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2012/105 |
Mynediad Ar-lein: | Full text available on IMF |