 On Insee’s blog post ‘Yes, Insee does take housing into account in inflation!’Au sujet du Blog de l’Insee « Mais si, l’Insee prend bien en compte le logement dans l’inflation ! »Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This article critically examines the response published by the French National Statistical Institute (Insee) regarding the treatment of housing in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It shows that the exclusion of owner-occupied housing from the CPI is neither an uncontested international standard nor a neutral choice. In France, this convention significantly reduces the weight of housing in the index and may lead to an underestimation of inflation, particularly in a context of sharply rising rents. The article also highlights the methodological limitations of the current measurement of rents in France and calls for a transparent debate on statistical conventions, given their implications for the assessment of purchasing power and the credibility of official statistics. Keywords: imputed rents; rents; housing; CPI; consumer price index; inflation; owner-occupied housing; price measurement; purchasing power; official statistics; statistical methodology; national accounts; comptabilité nationale; méthodologie statistique; statistiques publiques; pouvoir d’achat; mesure des prix; propriétaires occupants; loyers imputés; loyers; logement; IPC; indice des prix à la consommation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05506014 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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