How to Measure inflation in India?

Published By: NIPFP on eSS | Published Date: February, 06 , 2011

What is the best inflation measure in India? What inflation measure is most relevant for monetary policy making in India? Questions of timeliness, weights in the price index, accuracy of food price measurement, and inclusion of services prices are relevant to the choice of measure. In this papar, the authors show the under present conditions of measurement, the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) is preferable to either the Wholesale Price Index or the GDPdeator. [WorkingPaper2011-83] URL:[http://www.nipfp.org.in/newweb/sites/default/files/wp_2011_83.pdf]

Author(s): Ajay Shah, Ila Patnaik, Giovanni Veronese | Posted on: May 06, 2011 | Views(1579) | Download (210)


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