## Consumer Price Index-Advanced

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Consumer Price Index-Advanced](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/cpi-act26-17)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/cpi-act26-17/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/cpi-act26-17/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/cpi-act26-17/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 26.17
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: September 14-24, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training Program
- Target Audience: Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.
- Session No.: CT 26.17
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Date: September 14-24, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course Description
- Purpose: Broaden participants' understanding of the concepts, methods, and challenges of compiling CPIs.
- Theoretical foundations: Overview of index number theory and practical implications of choosing the index number formula at lower and higher levels of aggregation.
- Weights: Sources and methods for developing/validating weights.
- Sampling and scope: Practical applications of methods used for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.
- Data sources and technology: Discussion of new and emerging data sources as well as new collection technologies.
- Frontier issues: Coverage of how to better measure the digital economy.
- National accounts linkages: Linkages to the 2025 SNA, including the related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
- Alignment with international guidance: The course follows the principles and recommendations of the CPI Manual (2020).
- Specific technical topics covered:
  - calculating elementary and upper-level indexes;
  - methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing prices;
  - introducing new outlets, items, and varieties;
  - adjusting prices for quality changes;
  - chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures;
  - meeting data users' needs to ensure relevancy.

### Course Objectives
- Apply recommended index calculation methods.
- Apply methods for dealing with index compilation challenges such as unavailable items, quality change, and keeping an index up to date.
- Assess how well a CPI meets international guidelines for best practice.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/cpi-act26-17_