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The consumer price index data set contains long series that track the overall change in the prices of goods and services purchased by households. Consumer price indices are a key macroeconomic indicator, for instance to measure inflation and assess purchasing power over time.

The data set includes monthly and annual time series for more than 60 countries. Some annual series go back to the mid-19th century, or earlier for a few countries. The average length of the monthly series is more than 60 years. The BIS has constructed long consumer price indices, by joining the series available for consecutive periods.

Consumer price indices are commonly used as a deflator for other economic series. The series have been used, in particular, for the calculation of the real effective exchange rate and real residential property price series published by the BIS.

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Index, 2010 = 100
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Methodology

Consumer prices - data documentation and sources

The consumer prices indicators differ significantly from country to country, varying in sources, underlying indicators, and length of the series. To facilitate cross-country comparison, the BIS publishes the consumer prices data set, which provides one main indicator for each jurisdiction. This document explains which methodology, sources and coverage are used to generate the long series.

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