Prices and Purchasing Power Parities

Prices and Price Indices

Statistics, Data and Indicators (4)

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

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31-Aug-2010

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 ...

Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 31st August 2010

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31-Aug-2010

Consumer prices in the OECD area  rose by 1.6% in the year to July 2010, up from 1.5 % in June. This small increase mainly reflected developments in energy and food prices, which increased by 6.2% ...

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

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09-Jul-2010

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 ...

EO Annex Tables: Wages, costs, unemployment and inflation

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11-Jun-2010

Statistical Annex tables in Excel format from OECD Economic Outlook.  This file includes tables on compensation per employee in the business sector; labour productivity in the business sector; unemployment ...

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (4)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions

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06-Aug-2010

The Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions 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.

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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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06-Aug-2010

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

OECD Comparative Price Levels

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06-Aug-2010

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.

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) and exchange rates

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12-Jan-2009

Updated continuously. Includes Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for GDP and for actual individual consumption and exchange rates (national currency per USD) from 1970 to latest available.

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