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Paperback Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice Book

ISBN: 1589063317

ISBN13: 9781589063310

Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice

El ?ndice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) mide la evoluci?n de los precios al consumidor de los bienes y servicios a trav?s del tiempo. Es una estad?stica clave para formular tanto pol?ticas econ?micas, especialmente monetarias, como pol?ticas sociales, y tiene consecuencias importantes y diversas para los gobiernos, las empresas, los trabajadores y los hogares. Este exhaustivo manual proporciona pautas para oficinas de estad?stica y otras agencias responsables de la elaboraci?n del IPC y explica en profundidad los m?todos utilizados para calcularlo. Tambi?n examina los conceptos y principios econ?micos y estad?sticos necesarios para tomar decisiones eficientes en funci?n de los costos y para apreciar las consecuencias de esas elecciones en toda su magnitud. Es una herramienta valiosa para los encargados de formular pol?ticas y los investigadores, especialmente para aqu?llos interesados en los n?meros ?ndice. Las siguientes organizaciones internacionales que se interesan en la medici?n de la inflaci?n y en las pol?ticas para controlarla colaboraron en la preparaci?n de este manual: la Organizaci?n Internacional del Trabajo, el Fondo Monetario Internacional, la Organizaci?n de Cooperaci?n y Desarrollo Econ?micos, la Oficina de Estad?stica de la Comunidad Europea (Eurostat), la Comisi?n Econ?mica de las Naciones Unidas para Europa y el Banco Mundial. ----------------------- The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rates at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. It is a key statistic for purposes of economic and social policymaking, especially monetary policy and social policy, and has substantial and wide-ranging implications for governments, businesses, and workers, as well as households. This important and comprehensive manual provides guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing CPIs and explains in depth the methods that are used to calculate a CPI. It also examines the underlying economic and statistical concepts and priniciples needed for making choices in efficient and cost-effective ways and for appreciating the full implications of those choices. The following international organizations, concerned both with the measurement of inflation and with policies designed to control it, have collaborated on the preparation of this manual: the International Labour Office; the International Monetary Fund; the Organization for Econmomic Co-operation and Development; the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat); the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; and the World Bank.

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