Producer price indices volume 2002, Supplement 2
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PPIs for Services
In principle, PPIs should cover the market output of all activities, and a number of countries are currently working to develop PPIs for services other than transport and utilities. In 1999 the United Nations Statistical Commission requested the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics to focus their attention on improving the collection of data on prices of services provided to establishments. A study prepared by the OECD in 1999 and continued in 2000 and 2001 46 indicates expanding activity by Member countries in this area although the number of such countries remains limited. Of the 29 OECD Member countries that have responded to the OECD survey since it was initiated, it seems that only eleven Members (Canada, United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom) publish PPIs for services. However, three other Member countries (Czech Republic, Finland and the Netherlands) provide service PPI data to the OECD survey for the quarterly publication Indicators of Activity of Industry and Services, and a further four (Mexico, Norway, Portugal and Spain) collect price data on services. Therefore, 18 OECD Member countries collect this type of data in some form. Only 11 of the 29 respondents do not collect such data. The study shows considerable diversity both with regard to the service activities covered and to the methods used to construct the PPIs. For instance, some countries collect data on the prices of services provided to enterprises whereas others collect actual producer price indices for services. There are also variations within the types of service activities covered, the number of price quotations within and between ISIC groups, and the frequency for which prices are collected. In general, the PPI data are relatively sparse in coverage and are undergoing further development. Where data series are sufficiently well established, they are used as deflators of services output in the national accounts and/or as short-term economic indicators. Table 16 provides a summary of those OECD countries publishing PPIs for services, those collecting services price data, those countries that collect no data and those with plans for future collection, of which there are twelve. It is intended to begin including services PPIs in the MEI within the next year. Table 16: Producer Prices: Services Producer Prices Download 465.51 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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