Inflation with Covid Consumption Baskets
Inflation with Covid Consumption Baskets
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London: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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English
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London: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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The Covid-19 Pandemic led to changes in expenditure patterns that introduced significant bias in the measurement of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation. Using publicly available data on card transactions, I updated the official CPI weights and re-calculated inflation with Covid consumption baskets during 2020. I show that the US CPI underestimated...
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Inflation with Covid Consumption Baskets
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TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A805042881
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A805042881
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2041-4161
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2041-417X
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10.1057/s41308-023-00213-y
