Producer price indices volume 2002, Supplement 2
Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices - HICPs
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2.3 Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices - HICPs
Within the European Union, HICPs are consumer price indices compiled on the basis of a harmonised coverage and methodology. They have been developed under the general direction of Eurostat following the enactment of the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht, which, inter alia, required comparable measures of inflation across the Union. Since the commencement of European Monetary Union in January 1999, the European Central Bank (ECB) uses HICPs as the key inflation measure for the Euro area. HICPs are now compiled on a monthly basis by all members of the European Union, and by Norway and Iceland. A number of other countries including Switzerland, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are in the process of developing estimates of price change according to the rules set out for the construction of HICPs. The aim of producing comparable measures of price change has been largely achieved with agreement reached on the range of items to be included in the index, the formula to be used at each stage of calculation and the frequency of updating weights for the index. While work is still underway to refine the HICP framework to make it more comparable and inclusive, HICPs represent the most comparable measures of price change across countries. More detailed information on the methods of construction of HICPs can be obtained from Eurostat. 20 Importantly, the HICPs have been constructed with the aim of measuring monetary inflation rather than measuring the broader concept of the cost-of-living, which has a more welfare-oriented philosophy. One of the consequences of this is that interest rate changes, which may be considered relevant in a measure of price change for indexing pensions, are not included in the HICP. Overall, care must be taken when considering which measure of price change best suits a particular use. Indeed, the differences in CPI scope resulting from differing national uses and requirements have meant that all European Union countries except Luxembourg have continued to publish their national CPIs as well as producing monthly HICPs. MEI also continues to publish national CPIs in its subject and country pages and clearly labels HICP series where they are used. Download 465.51 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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