variable as some sort of average price. Instead it represents some price index indicating the average of the individual items …' price changes between the period considered and some base period. The Laspeyres and the Paasche index are cited as the best … to that of the base period. It is shown that a wide range of index formulas can be interpreted in this way, including the …

push into poverty. In Europe, the UK has spearheaded the definition and measurement of such phenomena. The most common way …