After studying this chapter you will be able to understand: Describe the term index, understand the difference between a weighted and an unweighted index, construct and interpret a Laspeyres’ price index, construct and interpret a Paasche’s price index, construct and interpret a value index, explain how the consumer price index is constructed and interpreted.
Trang 2When you have completed this chapter, you will be able to:
1. Describe the term index
2. Understand the difference between a weighted and
an unweighted index
3. Construct and interpret a Laspeyres’ price index
4. Construct and interpret a Paasche’s price index
Construct and interpret a value index
5.
Explain how the Consumer Price Index
is constructed and interpreted
6.
Trang 3…measures the relative change
in just one variable
Trang 4Shown below is the price per share at the end of 1996 and 2001 for the three stocks and the quantities
Trang 5Compute a simple price index for each stock.
Use 1996 as the base year (1996=100)
Simple Price Indexes are:
NWS ( $2 / $1 )(100) = 200
NPC ( $4/$5 )(100) = 80
GAC ( $6/$6 )(100) = 100
Trang 6Compute a simple index for the number of
shares owned for each
Use 1996 as the base year
Trang 8or specialpurpose index
Trang 10Types of Index Numbers Types of Index Numbers
Industrial Product Price Indexes
…measure the changes in prices received by Canadian manufacturers for goods as they leave the factory gate. Indirect taxes, transportation, and wholesale
extracted from nature, or a substitutable recycled
product
Trang 11Farm Input Price Indexes Farm Product Price Indexes Price Indexes of the National Accounts (GDP)
Machinery and Equipment Price Indexes Nonresidential Building Construction Price Indexes
Farm Input Price Indexes Farm Product Price Indexes Price Indexes of the National Accounts (GDP)
…others
Trang 13A weighted index considers both the
Trang 14base period
Trang 15original base period weights. Let qt be the current quantity consumed, p0 be the price in the base period, and pt be the current price
Trang 18… allows consumers to determine the effect of price increases on their purchasing power
Trang 20dollar compared with its value for the base period:
Trang 21When two or more series of index numbers are to be compared, they may not have the
same base period
Shifting the base Shifting the base
First, select a common base period for all series.
Then, use the respective base numbers as the denominators and convert each series
to the new base period.
Trang 22Stock Price 1996 Shares 1996 Price 2001 Shares 2001
From the information given, below perform the following operations:
Compute a simple aggregate price index
for the three stocks.
Compute a simple aggregate price index
for the three stocks.
Trang 23Stock Price 1996 Shares 1996 Price 2001 Shares 2001
100
(
6
$5
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100
( 345
( )
40
(
6
$ )
15 (
5
$ )
30 (
15 (
4
$ )
30 (
2
$
+ +
+
+
=
) 100
(
0 0
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100
( 320
$ 340
=
) 100
( ) 20 ( 6
$ )
30 ( 5
$ )
p
q
p P
Value Index…
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55
98 )
100
( 345
$
340
$
) 100
( )
40
(
6
$ )
15 ( 5
$ )
30 (
30 (
4
$ )
50 (
2
$
) 100
Trang 27searchable glossary access to Statistics Canada’s EStat data
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Trang 28This completes Chapter 17