This paper examines the construction of the index and its use over the past seven years, identifies its limitations …

The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over …

The producer price index (PPI) measures the rate at which the prices of producer goods and services are changing … overtime. It is a key statistic for economic and business decision making and inflation monitoring. The Producer Price Index … National Accounts1993 and recent developments in index number theory. Preparation of the Manual was undertaken by the …

. Updated weights show that the United States and developing countries (most notably China) have grown in their importance in …

significantly improves the fit of regressions of a multi-country consumer price index. However, there does not appear to be a …

is relatively high, there is limited employment of nationals in the private sector, labor productivity has declined or …

This paper undertakes a cross-country analysis of productivity growth at both the aggregate and sectoral level. It … finds that Asia''s remarkable output growth over the past 40 years reflected both high investment, and rapid productivity … encouraged resource shifts from low- to high-productivity sectors. Looking ahead, sustaining rapid growth requires meeting a …

that these appreciations reflect underlying productivity gains in the tradable sector. Using panel data over the period … 1993-98, the results show clear evidence of productivity-driven exchange rate movements in the central and eastern European … expect to experience further productivity-driven real exchange rate appreciations. Evidence from a large cross-section of non …