Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025
Manuals & Guides, June 30, 2025
Source details
- Canonical URL
- Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Published: June 30, 2025
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513559605.069
Overview and purpose
- Joint Theory publication and companion on the practice of compiling consumer price indices (CPIs) produced by the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Price Statistics (IWGPS).
- IWGPS member agencies listed:
- Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- World Bank
- IMF managed the update of the Theory publication and the CPI Manual.
- Drafting led by Erwin Diewert with support from various authors.
- The Theory publication will be translated into Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian.
Key publication metadata
- Publication title: Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025
- Publication date: June 30, 2025
- Pages: 433
- ISBN: 9781513559605
- ISSN: 2663-3744
- Stock No: CPIMEA2025
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513559605.069
Access, formats, and distribution
- Available on the IMF website with PDF download and additional formats on IMF eLibrary.
- Order options: Download PDF; Order a Print Copy.
- Citation example provided in Chicago format includes accessed date 9/12/2026.
Keywords and topical focus
- Keywords: Consumer price index, CPI, CPI theory
- The publication is a theory-focused manual intended to accompany practice guidance for compiling CPIs.
Source: IMF web landing page for "Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025".
Content in this bundle
- Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025; IMF Manuals & Guides; June 30, 2025