More on Price Indexes

		Indian Wholesale & CPI Brian Sturgess The creation of the new index is a response to the findings of the National Statistical Commission which found deficiencies in the collection of price data and the compilation of indices.
		What a Consumer Price Index Can't Do Ralph Turvey CPI's are beset by methodological problems, but the exclusion in some months of goods bought infrequently or those that are superseded leave serious and irremediable defects in the index.
		Measuring Consumer Inflation in the United Kingdom David Fenwick David Fenwick of the ONS details some of the issues that confront compilers of price indices.
		Some Proposed Developments for the UK Retail Prices Index Mick Silver Dynamic changes in product markets and consumers’ responses to price changes need to be incorporated into the RPI...
		Owner-occupiers and the Price Index Ralph Turvey The treatment of owner-occupied dwellings in Consumer Price Indexes varies between countries and is the subject of continuing controversy. Ralph Turvey explains the alternative ideas.
		From Big Macs to iMacs Jonathan Haskel & Holger Wolf Price differences within countries are often as high as variations between countries making the data requirements for international price comparisons problematic.