Answers to Questions Arising from the RPI Consultation

The National Statistician in the UK opened a public consultation inviting views on a range of options for the way the Retail Prices Index (RPI) in the UK is calculated. The consultation closed on 30 November 2012 and a number of questions were raised on whether the Carli index should be replaced by other elementary indexes. This note responds to some of the questions that were asked.

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Year of publication:	2013-02-27
Authors:	Diewert, Erwin
Institutions:	Vancouver School of Economics
Subject:	Consumer price indexes \| fixed basket indexes \| test approaches to index numbers \| elementary indexes \| the Retail Prices Index (RPI) \| the Harmonized Inde

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics working papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	10 pages
Classification:	C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation ; E31 - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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