Tracking inflation in the service sector

Eugene Kroch

Quarterly Review, 1991, vol. 16, issue Sum, 30-35

Abstract: In the last forty years, inflation in the service sector has consistently exceeded inflation in the rest of the economy. This article investigates whether the observed difference in inflation rates reflects upward bias in the measurement of service prices.

Keywords: Inflation (Finance); Service industries; Consumer price indexes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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