Producer, Export, and Import Price Index (PPIx)

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Session No.: OL 25.230
Status: Deadline passed
Location: Course conducted online
Date: April 24, 2025 - August 31, 2025 (18 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: French
Target audience: Anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate producer price indexes (PPIs)
Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience
Technical requirements: Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential

Presented by the Statistics Department and intended to provide participants a broad understanding of concepts and methods required to compile PPIs
Provides an overview of index compilation steps including:
- establishing index weights
- sampling establishments
- selecting and specifying transactions to be priced
- calculating indexes
- disseminating the results
Analyzes the role of price indexes as deflators in the 2008 SNA and related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation
Emphasizes issues related to expanding coverage of the services sectors with an overview of pricing methods for:
- information and communication technology
- transportation
- distributive trade
- tourism services
The course follows the principles and recommended practices in the PPI (2004) manual

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