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Inflation : history and measurement / Robert O'Neill, Jeff Ralph, Paul Smith.
By: O'Neill, Robert (Economist) [author.]
Contributor(s): Ralph, Jeff [author.] | Smith, Paul A [author.]Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Description: xxiv, 375 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783319641249; 9783319641256Subject(s): Inflation (Finance) -- Great Britain | Price indexes | Great Britain -- Economic policyDDC classification: 332.410941
Contents:
Introduction -- What is inflation? -- The origins of inflation measurement: 1700–1879 -- What is a price index? --Developments in the period 1880–1945 -- The development of the retail prices index: 1947–1989 -- What's in the basket? -- Price collection -- Estimating household expenditure shares -- Years of change: 1990–2010 -- Measuring inflation at a detailed level -- What should we be measuring? -- Recent developments: 2009–2016 -- Other price indices -- A look to the future.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 332.410941 ONE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 015194 |
Introduction -- What is inflation? -- The origins of inflation measurement: 1700–1879 -- What is a price index? --Developments in the period 1880–1945 -- The development of the retail prices index: 1947–1989 -- What's in the basket? -- Price collection -- Estimating household expenditure shares -- Years of change: 1990–2010 -- Measuring inflation at a detailed level -- What should we be measuring? -- Recent developments: 2009–2016 -- Other price indices -- A look to the future.