Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Early History of Inflation Measurement -- Chapter 3: The Launch of the Index of Retail Prices -- Chapter 4: Improving the Index -- Chapter 5: The RPI in the Political Sphere -- Chapter 6: Reviews of the RPI and the Loss of National Statistics Status --...

This book is a non-technical introduction to the history of - and current measurement practice of - inflation for the United Kingdom, with comparative international case studies. The authors describe the historical development of inflation measures in a global context, and do so without using...

Zusammenfassung Die Implementierung bedeutender europäischer Kapitalmarktrechtsakte ist in vollem Gange. Schrittweise werden sich die normativen Vorgaben insbesondere des Wertpapierhandelsgesetzes weiter signifikant verändern. Die Novellierung macht auch vor den sanktionsrechtlichen...

Forecasting volatility has received a great deal of research attention, with the relative performances of econometric model based and option implied volatility forecasts often being considered. While many studies find that implied volatility is the pre-ferred approach, a number of issues remain...