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Different statistical core inflation measures for India: construction and evaluation

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  • Motilal Anand Bicchal
  • Naresh Kumar Sharma
  • Bandi Kamaiah

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This paper computes several statistical measures for core inflation for India and provides methodology of construction of these core measures. Some of these have been computed for the first time for India, such as: persistence weighted, variations of ‘Neo-Edgeworthian Index’, asymmetric trimmed mean, and month-by‐month exclusion (dynamic trimmed mean) core measures. For computing these core measures, the study uses both aggregate WPI and a detailed breakdown of the WPI. It covers the period April 1994--April 2009, with 1993--1994 as the base year. Subsequently, a comparison of these estimated core measures based on the criteria of usefulness of a measure of core inflation from a monetary policy point of view is carried out. The study finds only some representative measures of core inflation to be useful.

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  • Motilal Anand Bicchal & Naresh Kumar Sharma & Bandi Kamaiah, 2013. "Different statistical core inflation measures for India: construction and evaluation," Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 39-65, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:macfem:v:6:y:2013:i:1:p:39-65
    DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2012.682339
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    1. Sahu, Priyanka, 2018. "The Impact of Shocks on Core Inflation; Evidence from India," MPRA Paper 86588, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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