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Prices and Price Indices

Statistics, Data and Indicators (6)

Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Updated continuously - Data is available in index and in percentage change on the same period of the previous year. Consumer Prices Indices (CPI) are a general measure of inflation. CPI "all items non-food ...

Producer Price Indices (PPI) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Updated continuously - Data is available in index and in percentage change on the same period of the previous year. Producer prices are PPI for manufacturing. However, some countries do not produce a PPI ...

OECD Consumer Prices - Updated: 1 July 2008

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01-Jul-2008

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 3.9% in the year to May 2008, compared with 3.5% in the year to April 2008. This constitutes the highest inflation rate since June 2001. On a monthly basis, the ...

EO83 Annex Tables: Wages, costs, unemployment and inflation

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23-Jun-2008

Statistical Annex tables in Excel format from OECD Economic Outlook No. 83.  This file includes tables on compensation per employee in the business sector; labour productivity in the business sector; ...

OECD.Stat

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10-Dec-2007

OECD.Stat contains complete databases and is freely available as a beta release via OECD’s iLibrary, SourceOECD until the end of October 2008.

OECD in Figures 2007

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17-Oct-2007

The 2007 edition of OECD in Figures contains key data on OECD countries, ranging from economic growth and employment to inflation, trade and environment.

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Events/Conferences/Meetings (2)

OECD-IMF Workshop on Real Estate Price Indexes, 6 - 7 November 2006

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18-Dec-2006

 6th to 7th November 2006 at OECD Headquarters (Room Franqueville), 2 rue André Pascal, 75016

Inflation Measures: Too High - Too Low - Internationally Comparable? Paris, 21-22 June 2005

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29-Aug-2005

Held in Paris on 21-22 June 2005 at the OECD Headquarters.

Manuals, Sources and Methods (6)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes

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11-Jul-2008

The Explanatory notes provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Producer and Other Price Indices

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07-Jul-2006

Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

Methodological Guide for Developing Producer Price Indices for Services

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13-Mar-2006

This Guide, jointly produced by the OECD and Eurostat, is a complement to the International Producer Price Index Manual (PPI Manual). It focuses on service-specific aspects in the PPI compilation by

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Consumer Price Indices

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10-Feb-2006

 Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI) - Sources and Methods: Consumer Price Indices, April 1994

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02-Oct-2001

Main Economic Indicators - Sources and Methods: Consumer Price Indices, April 1994

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Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) Statistics

Statistics, Data and Indicators (5)

GDP PPPs and Derived Indices for all OECD Countries

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly) - Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are the rates of currency conversion that eliminate the differences in price levels between countries. Per capita volume indices based on PPP converte

Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for OECD Countries 1980-2007

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11-Jul-2008

PPPs for the Euro area member countries are shown in euros. 1999, 2002, 2005: PPPs for all OECD countries are triennial benchmark results calculated jointly by the OECD and Eurostat. Years prior to 1995: ...

OECD Comparative Price Levels

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly) - Monthly comparative price levels are defined as the ratios of PPPs for private final consumption expenditure to exchange rates. The table is to be read vertically.

New comparison of GDP and consumption based on purchasing power parities for the year 2005

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21-Nov-2007

The OECD, in partnership with Eurostat, ROSSTAT  and CISSTAT, has calculated benchmark purchasing power parities (PPPs) for GDP and consumption for the year 2005 for 55 countries following a common ...

New GDP Comparisons Based on Purchasing Power Parities for the Year 2002

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11-Jan-2005

The OECD, within the framework of the Eurostat-OECD joint PPP Programme has calculated purchasing power parities (PPPs) for the benchmark year 2002 for all 30 OECD Member countries and 12 other countries. ...

Manuals, Sources and Methods (2)

EUROSTAT-OECD Methodological manual on purchasing power parities (PPPs)

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15-Jun-2007

The EUROSTAT-OECD Methodological manual on purchasing power parities has three aims: first, to explain to those engaged directly in the Programme - that is, to practitioners in Eurostat, the ...

GDP per Capita Volume Indices Based on Constant and on Current PPPs in OECD's Main Economic Indicators (MEI) - Note to the MEI Table: PPPs and Derived Indices for all OECD Countries

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01-Oct-2004

Until now the MEI table presented only one option: per capita volume indices using current PPPs. However, it was felt that, for analytical purposes and for a better comprehension of published data both options should be shown. This follows the pr...

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Statistics Brief

The March 2002 issue of the Statistics Brief gives an overview of the measurement and the uses of PPPs.

Purchasing Power Parities – Measurement and Uses