Dietrich, Andreas; Eiglsperger, Martin; Mehrhoff, Jens; … - 2021
Consumer price inflation, as measured by the year-on-year increase in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP … introduces methodological improvements into this chain-linked price index in the linking month (December). If the outcome of such …) effects - significant statistical distortions may arise when the new index series is chain-linked to the existing series. This …