6421.0 - Information Paper: An Analytical Framework for Price Indexes in Australia, 1997

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About this Release Contents	ABOUT THIS RELEASE This information paper has been prepared as a basis for user consultation on a strategy for enhancing the ABS statistical service in the field of price indexes. In recent years, there has been increasing international attention directed towards developing new approaches to the measurement of inflation. Accordingly, this paper presents a statistical framework which will enable the range of separate price index series to be drawn together and presented as a system of indexes designed to support the analysis of inflation. Preface Abbreviations Glossary and references Summary Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Stocktake of Australian price measures Chapter 3: An analytical framework for inflation measurement Chapter 4: The domestic final purchases model Chapter 5: Price Index of Household Consumption Purchases Chapter 6: Underlying Price Index of Household Consumption Purchases Chapter 7: Publication strategy Appendix 1: Indicative weighting pattern and potential data sources for other Domestic Final Purchases component indexes Appendix 2 - Assessment of methods for estimating an Underlying Price Index of Household Consumption Purchases Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.