Online Program

Price Indices
*Michael Horrigan, Bureau of Labor Statistics 


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This lecture will begin with an overview of the uses of BLS price data. The three major price programs of the U.S. (Consumer Prices, Producer Prices and Import/Export Prices) will be then discussed using a survey methodology approach that describes each programs’ measurement goals, scope/coverage, classification systems, weighting, sampling, data collection methodologies, estimation and publication.