Price Collection for the Consumer Price Index: a Documentation

Carmelita N. Ericta and Rosie Sta. Ana

No DP 2009-19, Discussion Papers from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: The quality of poverty estimates relies heavily on the data sources. One of the sources of data for poverty estimation in the Philippines is the retail price collected by the National Statistics Office. The retail prices are used, along with or in the absence of price data of certain commodities from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, for costing the poverty thresholds. This report contains the procedures of collecting, monitoring, and verifying the price data. It also discusses how special items are treated.

Keywords: consumer price index (CPI); retail price; rebasing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2009
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