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Measuring inflation in Brazil

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  • Francisco Lafaiete Lopes

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This note revolves around the issue of measuring inflation. In the first part, itrememorates the history of inflation indexes to then discuss if the indexes in use in Brazilare of Snyder type. JEL Classification: E30; C43; E31.

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  • Francisco Lafaiete Lopes, 1986. "Measuring inflation in Brazil," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 6(2), pages 259-271.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:6:y:1986:i:2:p:259-271:id:1795
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    Keywords

    Inflation; price index; Snyder index;
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    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • 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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