Producer, Export, and Import Price Index Statistics

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Target audience:
- Compilers of producer price indexes (PPIs) and export and import price indexes (XMPIs).
- Users of these data interested in understanding key concepts and compilation issues.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

The producer price index (PPI) and the export and import price index (XMPI) complement the consumer price index (CPI) to provide a more complete picture of how inflation affects major parts of an economy, including businesses and institutions, in addition to households.
Uses of PPI and XMPI include:
- Deflating production and expenditure values in the national accounts.
- Adjusting prices in long-term contracts.
- Analyzing short-term inflation trends.
- Performing terms of trade analysis.
The course examines the fundamentals of compilation and use of these statistics, focusing on:
- Types of transactions and prices included in the indexes.
- Methods for weighting components together to create total index values reported in the news.

Explain the main uses of producer, export, and import price indexes.
Apply specific principles to develop and update price index weights.
Apply methods to select samples of statistical units.
Calculate price indexes based on collected prices and weights.
Identify suitable data sources to support the compilation of reliable export and import price indexes.