## Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice

_Manuals & Guides, August 25, 2004_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 25, 2004
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9789221136996.069

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### Summary
- The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time.
- The CPI is a key statistic for economic and social policymaking and has substantial and wide-ranging implications for governments, businesses, and households.
- This Manual provides guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing CPIs, and explains in-depth the methods used to calculate a CPI.
- The Manual examines the underlying economic and statistical concepts and principles needed for making choices in efficient and cost-effective ways, and for appreciating the full implications of those choices.

### Key content and scope
- In-depth methodological guidance on constructing CPIs.
- Examination of economic and statistical concepts and principles relevant to CPI compilation.
- Emphasis on efficient and cost-effective choices in CPI practice.
- Languages available: English (Full Text on the International Labour Organization website), Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian.

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### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Commodities, Consumer price indexes, Consumption, Cost of living, Expenditure, National accounts, Price indexes, Prices
- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Consumer price indexes, Consumption, Cost of living, Europe, expenditure share, Global, M&G, Middle East, North America, Northern Europe, price change, price collection, price collector, Price indexes, reference period, Western Europe

*International Monetary Fund. Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice (August 25, 2004).*

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