Huw Dixon

BS3578 Economic Statistics in Theory and Practice. 2019/20.

Semester 1: Prices.

Course Outline and Reading List

Class questions and exercises.

Topic 1: The History of inflation

Topic 2: COICOP Classification.

Topic 3: All you need to know about Index numbers.

Topic 4: How the CPI is Constructed.

More topics to be added

Data: Big CPI (ONS),

CPI detailed tables Sept 2019.

Formula effect example

Price quotes Dec 2017

White bread

Intorduction to index numbers