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  "title": "Consumer Price Index - Advanced",
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  "summary": "Consumer Price Index - Advanced Training Program Target Audience Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).",
  "publishDate": "2025-05-30",
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    {
      "heading": "Program details and logistics",
      "content": "- Training Program: Consumer Price Index - Advanced  \n- Session No.: HQ 25.02  \n- Deadline passed  \n- Location: Washington, D.C., United States  \n- Date: March 24, 2025 - April 4, 2025 (2 weeks)  \n- Delivery Method: In-person Training  \n- Primary Language: English  \n- Target Audience: Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).  \n- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.  \n- Presented by: Statistics Department"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description and scope",
      "content": "- Purpose: Broaden participants’ understanding of the concepts, methods, and challenges of compiling CPIs.  \n- Approach: Builds on concepts and methods introduced in the online CPIx and explores them in greater detail to address actual compilation issues faced by participants.  \n- Theoretical foundations: Provides an overview of index number theory and the practical implications of choosing the index number formula at lower and higher levels of aggregation.  \n- Weights and validation: Covers the sources and methods for developing/validating weights.  \n- Sampling and practical applications: Covers methods used for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.  \n- Data sources and technologies: Discusses new and emerging data sources as well as new collection technologies.  \n- Frontier issues: Includes frontier issues such as how to better measure the digital economy.  \n- National accounts linkages: Highlights linkages to the 2008 SNA, including the related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.  \n- Alignment with guidance: Follows the principles and recommendations of the CPI Manual (2020)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Topics covered",
      "content": "- Calculating elementary and upper-level indexes.  \n- Methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing prices.  \n- Introducing new outlets, items, and varieties.  \n- Adjusting prices for quality changes.  \n- Chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures.  \n- Meeting data users’ needs to ensure relevancy."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Apply recommended index calculation methods.  \n- Apply methods for dealing with such index compilation challenges such as unavailable items, quality change, and keeping an index up to date.  \n- Assess how well a CPI meets international guidelines for best practice."
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    "Delivery Method: In-person Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Target Audience: Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).",
    "Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.",
    "Presented by: Statistics Department",
    "Purpose: Broaden participants’ understanding of the concepts, methods, and challenges of compiling CPIs.",
    "Approach: Builds on concepts and methods introduced in the online CPIx and explores them in greater detail to address actual compilation issues faced by participants.",
    "Theoretical foundations: Provides an overview of index number theory and the practical implications of choosing the index number formula at lower and higher levels of aggregation.",
    "Weights and validation: Covers the sources and methods for developing/validating weights.",
    "Sampling and practical applications: Covers methods used for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.",
    "Data sources and technologies: Discusses new and emerging data sources as well as new collection technologies.",
    "Frontier issues: Includes frontier issues such as how to better measure the digital economy.",
    "National accounts linkages: Highlights linkages to the 2008 SNA, including the related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.",
    "Alignment with guidance: Follows the principles and recommendations of the CPI Manual (2020).",
    "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.",
    "Apply recommended index calculation methods.",
    "Apply methods for dealing with such 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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