Price Statistics

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1. Introduction 
2. Price indices in general
   • What are price indices ? 
   • Axiomatic and economic theoretical approaches of price indices
   • Laspeyres Price Index
   • Paasche Price Index
   • Fisher Price Index
   • Calcualtion of price indices - Examples
   • Change of base year and chain-linking
   • Quality changes and other potential biases
3. Specific price indices
   • Consumer Price Index
   • Producer Price Index & Wholesale Price Index
   • Import & Export Price Indices
   • Implicit GDP-deflator
   • Relationship among different price indices
4. Annexes
   • Annex 1: Exchange Rates and Price Indices in LDB