Introduction to price and productivity measurement for housing

Bert M. Balk, Walter Erwin Diewert () and Alice O. Nakamura ()

No 09-5, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Abstract: This paper provides a brief introduction to a proposed new opportunity cost treatment of owner-occupied housing in measures of inflation for the United States. In addition, the paper introduces, and provides links to, a collection of nine other papers that discuss various aspects of the treatment of owner-occupied housing in measures of inflation for a number of nations, including Canada, Germany, Iceland, and the United States.

Keywords: Durable goods, Consumer; Consumer price indexes; Cost of living adjustments; Housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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