4 years. The difference between the core CPI and the index for energy is similar to that between the core CPI and … headline CPI. The index for energy will reach the core CPI in 2008, however. Then, one should not expect further increase in … between the core CPI and the index for food also has two linear branches after 1980, but the slope of the current trend is …

Economist have noted for decades that Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the developed countries is overstating inflation by … indices, a 11-23% positive bias in price index for PC in Russia was also calculated. We also have found that Russian CPI could …

period of two or three decades. We show that the exchange rate cointegrate with the Consumer Price Index and with the prices …

Economists have been noting for decades that Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the developed countries is overstating …−44% upward bias in price index for PC in Russia was also calculated. We have found that the Russian CPI could be upward biased by …

The unit value index (UVI) as compiled in Germany for exports and imports is compared with two other indices, viz. an … index of Drobisch which unfortunately is likewise known as "unit value index" and the "normal" Laspeyres price index (PI) of … exports and imports. The UVI may be viewed as a Paasche index compiled in two stages where unit values instead of prices are …

inputs price index. We test for these different mechanisms by distinguishing the origin of imports (developing vs. developed … countries) and constructing an exact price index a la Broda and Weinstein (2006). We find a significant impact of higher …