Producer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice
Manuals & Guides, September 3, 2004
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- Published: September 3, 2004
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589063044.069
Overview and Purpose
- The producer price index (PPI) measures the rate at which the prices of producer goods and services are changing overtime.
- The PPI is described as a key statistic for economic and business decision making and inflation monitoring.
- The Manual "provides clear, up-to-date guidance on the concepts, uses, methods, and economic theory of the PPI, including information on classifications, sources, compilation techniques, and analytical uses of the PPI."
- The Manual "supersedes the previous international guidance on PPIs (available in the Manual on Producers’ Price Indices for Industrial Goods, published by the United Nations Statistics Division in 1979)."
Conceptual Framework and Preparation
- "The Manual's conceptual framework derives from the System of National Accounts1993 and recent developments in index number theory."
- Preparation was undertaken by the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics through a technical expert group chaired by the IMF and involving representatives from the ILO, the OECD, the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the World Bank, national statistical offices, and academic institutions.
Core Content Areas (as described)
- Concepts and economic theory of the PPI.
- Uses of the PPI for economic and business decision making and inflation monitoring.
- Classification guidance relevant to PPI compilation.
- Source material and data collection practices for PPIs.
- Compilation techniques and index number methods.
- Analytical uses of the PPI, including deflation and price-index applications.
Subjects and Keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Commodities, Deflation, Export fluctuations, Inflation, International trade, National accounts, Price indexes, Prices, Producer price indexes
- Keywords: base period, Deflation, Europe, Export fluctuations, Global, Inflation, M&G, North America, output price index, price change, Price indexes, price relative, price transaction, Producer price indexes, value-added deflator
International Monetary Fund. Producer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed 6/24/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589063044.069
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- Ppi