IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bog/econbl/y2007i28p83-95.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Inflation Measurement in Greece

Author

Listed:
  • Nikos P. karabalis

    (Bank of Greece)

  • Euripides K. Kondelis

    (Bank of Greece)

Abstract

Consumer price indices reflect changes through time in the prices of goods and services that are bought by households for the satisfaction of their consumption needs. In Greece, there are two different indicators of inflation issued by the National Statistical Service of Greece. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the official indicator of the domestic level used for the adjustment of wages and the adaptation of the purchasing power of the currency. The second is the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) created through coordinated and systematic efforts at harmonization within the European Union; it is used by the European Central Bank. This article describes these two measures and the differences between them are stressed. Both indicators are distinct from a macroeconomic perspective, nevertheless for confusion to be avoided and in the context of optimal practices and European convergence it would be best if these two indices were identical.

Suggested Citation

  • Nikos P. karabalis & Euripides K. Kondelis, 2007. "Inflation Measurement in Greece," Economic Bulletin, Bank of Greece, issue 28, pages 83-95, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bog:econbl:y:2007:i:28:p:83-95
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.bankofgreece.gr/BogEkdoseis/econbull200702.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    measurement of inflation; consumer price indices;

    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

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bog:econbl:y:2007:i:28:p:83-95. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Anastasios Rizos (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/boggvgr.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.