Producer, Export, and Import Price Statistics - Advanced
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- Session: HQ 26.02
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: March 9-20, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Course description and methodological scope
- The course, presented by the Statistics Department, deepens understanding of concepts and methods for compiling PPIs and XMPIs.
- Coverage includes the steps of index compilation:
- Establishing index weights.
- Sampling establishments.
- Selecting and specifying transactions to be priced.
- Calculating indexes.
- Disseminating results.
- The role of price indexes as deflators in the 2008 SNA is analyzed, along with principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
- Emphasis on expanding coverage of the services sectors, including pricing methods for:
- Information and communication technology.
- Transportation.
- Distributive trade.
- Tourism services.
- Technical topics covered:
- Calculating elementary aggregate indexes with and without item weights.
- Methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing items.
- Chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures.
- Compiling export-import indexes using the hybrid methodology.
- Expanding coverage of the services sectors.
- The course follows the principles and recommended practices in the PPI (2004) and XMPI (2009) manuals.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
- Apply specific principles to develop and update index weights.
- Calculate price indexes based on collected prices and weights.
- Apply methods for dealing with index compilation challenges such as unavailable items, quality change, and item substitution.
- Define and identify the pricing methods to be used for services activities.
- Identify suitable data sources to support the compilation of reliable XMPIs.
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