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Der schweizerische Landesindex der Konsumentenpreise: EU-tauglich?

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  • Hans Wolfgang Brachinger

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In July 2001, Switzerland has taken up further bilateral negotiations with the European Union. One goal of these negotiations, especially, is a bilateral agreement on cooperation in official statistics guaranteeing the dissemination of euro-compatible data on Switzerland. A domain of special importance is the consumer price index (CPI). Since May 2000, the Swiss CPI is calculated according to a thoroughly revised method ("LIK 2000"). For international comparisons, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, has developed methodological standards for the calculation of harmonized consumer price indices ("HCPI"). In this paper, it is examined to what extent the new LIK 2000 fulfills these standards.

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  • Hans Wolfgang Brachinger, 2002. "Der schweizerische Landesindex der Konsumentenpreise: EU-tauglich?," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 138(IV), pages 527-545, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ses:arsjes:2002-iv-12
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    Keywords

    Official statistics; Swiss consumer price index (LIK 2000); harmonized consumer price index (HCPI); Eurostat; EC regulations concerning HCPI;
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    JEL classification:

    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation

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