Measuring EU inflation : the foundations of the HICP / John Astin.
2021
HB225 .A88 2021
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Title
Measuring EU inflation : the foundations of the HICP / John Astin.
Author
Astin, John, author.
ISBN
9783030688066 (electronic bk.)
3030688062 (electronic bk.)
3030688054
9783030688059
3030688062 (electronic bk.)
3030688054
9783030688059
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language
English
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1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-030-68806-6 doi
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HB225 .A88 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.5/28/094
Summary
The HICP is a consumer price index which was designed to provide measures of inflation in EU member states calculated using similar methods and thus comparable one with another. The HICP now tracks the inflation rates covering over 500 million Europeans, including the UK, and is also produced by other countries such as the USA. John Astin was the EU statistician in charge of the initial development of this important index and he has the best knowledge of how it was developed in the 1990s. This book is a history of the main development period of the HICP, up to the year 2002 when Astin left the European Commission. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers, not only in the UK but globally. Types of readers are likely to include: economists, economic statisticians, national statistics offices, universities, libraries, government finance/economic ministries, international organizations such as UN, ILO, OECD, EU, Eurostat, ECB, and central banks, as well as individuals who are interested in the construction of consumer price indices.
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Table of Contents
1. Background to the HICP
2. First Meeting of the HICP Working Party
3. Guiding Principles: Framework Regulation
4. Interim Indices of Consumer Prices (IICP)
5. Launch of the HICP
6. Classification of Household Consumption Expenditure
7. Coverage of the HICP: What, Where, Who?
8. Index Formulae
9. Price Collection Issues
10. Weights
11. Treatment of Special Products
12. Quality Control
13. Country Aggregation
14. Expansion of the EU; Introduction of EMU and euro
15. Administrative and other issues.
2. First Meeting of the HICP Working Party
3. Guiding Principles: Framework Regulation
4. Interim Indices of Consumer Prices (IICP)
5. Launch of the HICP
6. Classification of Household Consumption Expenditure
7. Coverage of the HICP: What, Where, Who?
8. Index Formulae
9. Price Collection Issues
10. Weights
11. Treatment of Special Products
12. Quality Control
13. Country Aggregation
14. Expansion of the EU; Introduction of EMU and euro
15. Administrative and other issues.